Dharmacarya, Dharmācārya, Dharma-acarya, Dharmacaryā, Dharma-carya: 11 definitions
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Dharmacarya means something in Buddhism, Pali, Jainism, Prakrit, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Hindi. 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Dharmacharya.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the GaganagañjaparipṛcchāDharmacaryā (धर्मचर्या) refers to “with reference to the dharma”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, as Gaganagañja said to Ratnapāṇi: “Son of good family, the thirty-two dharmas are included in sixty-four dharmas. What are those sixty-four? [...] (5) the absence of contemptuousness is included in non-haughtiness and actions with reference to the dharma (dharmacaryā); (6) humility is included in the body without crookedness and thought without crookedness; (7) the undefiled is included in getting rid of the three defilements and cultivating the three gates of freedom; (8) no roughness is included in no harshness and no slander; [...]’”.
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
Source: HereNow4u: Jain Dharma ka Maulika Itihasa (2)Dharmācārya (धर्माचार्य) refers to “religious preceptors” or “leaders” and is one of the topics treated in the Jñātādharmakathā, one of the Dvādaśāṅgī (twelve Aṅgas) of Jainism.—The Jñātādharmakathā is the sixth text of the Aṅga series. The text narrates religious stories, citing examples. It deals with a multitude of topics like—the cities, gardens, auspicious installations (caityas), forests, kings, parents, samavaśaraṇas (holy conference / congregation hall), dharmācāryas (religious preceptors / leaders), religious parables, mundane and spiritual prosperity, luxury (bhoga), parityāga (sacrifice), pravrajyā (initiation), severe austerities, achieving pious death (e.g. paryāya saṃlekhanās, bhakta pratyākhyāna, pādopagamana, (going to heaven)), birth in high family, enlightenment, last-rites (antaha) of Meghakumāra etc. [...]
Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryDharmācārya (धर्माचार्य).—
1) a religious teacher.
2) a teacher of law or customs.
Derivable forms: dharmācāryaḥ (धर्माचार्यः).
Dharmācārya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms dharma and ācārya (आचार्य).
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Dharmacaryā (धर्मचर्या).—observance of the law, performance of religious duties; शिवेन भर्त्रा सह धर्मचर्या कार्या त्वया मुक्तविचारयेति (śivena bhartrā saha dharmacaryā kāryā tvayā muktavicārayeti) Kumārasambhava 7.83; वयसि प्रथमे, मतौ चलायां बहुदोषां हि वदन्ति धर्मचर्याम् (vayasi prathame, matau calāyāṃ bahudoṣāṃ hi vadanti dharmacaryām) Bu. Ch.5.3. चारिन् (cārin) a. practising virtue, observing the law, virtuous, righteous; स चेत्स्वयं कर्मसु धर्मचारिणां त्वमन्त- रायो भवसि (sa cetsvayaṃ karmasu dharmacāriṇāṃ tvamanta- rāyo bhavasi) R.3.45. (-m.) an ascetic.
Dharmacaryā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms dharma and caryā (चर्या). See also (synonyms): dharmacaraṇa.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryDharmacaryā (धर्मचर्या).—(compare Pali dhamma-cariyā, but the Pali Dictt. do not record any list of ten), (one of the ten) action(s) with reference to the Doctrine: Mahāvyutpatti 902; listed 903—912 as lekhanā, pūjanā, dānam, śravaṇam, vācanam, udgrahaṇam, prakāśanā, svādhyāyanam, cintanā, bhāvanā. Mentioned as (ten) dharma-carita in Asaṅga (Mahāyāna-sūtrālaṃkāra) xx.41 (commentary), without listing; Lévi cites from Chin. a list similar to that of Mahāvyutpatti but containing only nine items. Here dharma = the teachings, sūtras.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryDharmacarya (धर्मचर्य).—f. observance of the law, [Kumārasaṃbhava, (ed. Stenzler.)] 7, 83.
Dharmacarya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms dharma and carya (चर्य).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryDharmācārya (धर्माचार्य).—[masculine] teacher of law.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Dharmacaryā (धर्मचर्या):—[=dharma-caryā] [from dharma > dhara] f. ([Āpastamba]) observance of the l°, performance of duty.
2) Dharmācārya (धर्माचार्य):—[from dharma > dhara] m. teacher of l° or customs, [Āśvalāyana-gṛhya-sūtra]
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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.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryDharmācārya (धर्माचार्य) [Also spelled dharmachary]:—(nm) a religious preceptor.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusDharmācārya (ಧರ್ಮಾಚಾರ್ಯ):—[noun] a religious teacher.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Carya, Dharma, Acarya, Tarma.
Starts with: Dharmacaryastuti.
Ends with: Adharmacarya.
Full-text: Dharmacaryastuti, Dharmacarana, Dharmacarita, Dashadharmasutra, Dharmachary, Prakashana, Parityaga, Samavasarana, Amtaha, Caitya, Bhoga, Pravrajya, Carya.
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