Dashadharma, Daśadharma, Dashan-dharma: 1 definition

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Dashadharma means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

The Sanskrit term Daśadharma can be transliterated into English as Dasadharma or Dashadharma, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Daśadharma (दशधर्म).—unfavourable condition, distress; अभ्यस्तो बहुभिर्बाणैर्दशधर्मगतेन वै (abhyasto bahubhirbāṇairdaśadharmagatena vai) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 7.147.2. (see com.).

Derivable forms: daśadharmaḥ (दशधर्मः).

Daśadharma is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms daśan and dharma (धर्म).

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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