Dhammakatha, Dhamma-katha, Dhammakathā: 4 definitions
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Dhammakatha means something in Buddhism, Pali. 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.
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Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionarydhammakathā : (f.) religious talk; ethical discussion.
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryDhammakathā refers to: ethical discussion, fit utterance, conversation about the Dh., advice D.III, 151; J.I, 217; VvA.6; PvA.50, 66;
Note: dhammakathā is a Pali compound consisting of the words dhamma and kathā.
[Pali to Burmese]
Source: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မာ အဘိဓာန်)dhammakathā—
(Burmese text): (၁) တရား(နှင့်ယှဉ်သော) စကား။ (၂) တရားကို ဟောပြောခြင်း။ ဓမ္မကထိက-(၂)-လည်းကြည့်။ (၃) တရားဒေသနာကို ဟောကြောင်းဖြစ်သော နည်း,တရားဟောနည်း။ ဓမ္မကထာနယ-ကြည့်။ (၄) သဘာဝဓမ္မကို ကြံစည်ထုတ်ဖော်ပြောဆိုရာ စကားအစဉ်။ (၅) တရားဟောရာ (အခါ-စသည်)။ ဓမ္မကထာသမယ-ကြည့်။
(Auto-Translation): (1) Words that correspond to truth. (2) The act of preaching the truth. See also the Dhamma-kathika (2). (3) The method of delivering the truth sermon, or the technique of preaching the truth. See the Dhamma-kathana. (4) The sequence of words in the exposition of natural law. (5) The occasions for preaching the truth. See the Dhamma-katha.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
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Partial matches: Katha, Katta, Dhamma, Kata, Dharma.
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