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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryDharmas (धर्मस्).—[dhriyate loko'nena, dharati lokaṃ vā dhṛ-man; cf. Uṇ 1. 137]
1) Religion; the customary observances of a caste, sect, &c.
2) Law, usage, practice, custom, ordinance, statue.
3) Religious or moral merit, virtue, righteousness, good works (regarded as one of the four ends of human existence); अनेन धर्मः सविशेषमद्य मे त्रिवर्ग- सारः प्रतिभाति भाविनि (anena dharmaḥ saviśeṣamadya me trivarga- sāraḥ pratibhāti bhāvini) Kumārasambhava 5.38, and see त्रिवर्ग (trivarga) also; एक एव सुहृद्धर्मो निधनेऽप्यनुयाति यः (eka eva suhṛddharmo nidhane'pyanuyāti yaḥ) H.1.63.
4) Duty, prescribed course of conduct; षष्ठांशवृत्तेरपि धर्म एषः (ṣaṣṭhāṃśavṛtterapi dharma eṣaḥ) Ś.5.4; Manusmṛti 1.114.
5) Right, justice, equity, impartiality.
6) Piety, propriety, decorum.
7) Morality, ethics
8) Nature. disposition, character; उत्पत्स्यतेऽस्ति मम कोऽपि समानधर्मा (utpatsyate'sti mama ko'pi samānadharmā) Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 1.6; प्राणि°, जीव° (prāṇi°, jīva°).
9) An essential quality, peculiarity, characteristic property, (peculiar) attribute; वदन्ति वर्ण्यावर्ण्यानां धर्मैक्यं दीपकं बुधाः (vadanti varṇyāvarṇyānāṃ dharmaikyaṃ dīpakaṃ budhāḥ) Chandr.5.45; Pañcatantra (Bombay) 1.34.
1) Manner, resemblance, likeness.
11) A sacrifice.
12) Good company, associating with the virtuous -13> Devotion, religious abstraction.
14) Manner, mode.
15) An Upaniṣad q. v.
16) Name of Yudhiṣṭhira, the eldest Pāṇḍava.
17) Name of Yama, the god of death.
18) A bow.
19) A drinker of Soma juice.
2) (In astrol.) Name of the ninth lunar mansion.
21) An Arhat of the Jainas.
22) The soul.
23) Mastery, great skill; दिव्यास्त्रगुणसंपन्नः परं धर्मं गतो युधि (divyāstraguṇasaṃpannaḥ paraṃ dharmaṃ gato yudhi) Rām.3.31.15.
-rmam A virtuous deed.
Derivable forms: dharmaḥ (धर्मः).
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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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Part 5-6 - Description of sarvākāra (all aspects) and sarvadharma (all dharmas) < [Chapter XVI - The Story of Śāriputra]
III. Dharmas known by omniscience < [VII. Winning omniscience and the knowledge of all the aspects]
2. The teaching of the Abhidharma < [Part 3 - The Prajñā and the teaching of the Dharma]
The Great Chariot (by Longchenpa)
Part 1 - Passing the pass into the great perfection < [H. The explanation of the primordial liberation of appearance and mind]
A. Entering into the nature of all dharmas, the unborn < [Chapter X - The view of prajña that realizes the ground without dwelling in dualistic extremes]
Part 3 - The phenomenal world is like illusion < [B. The view that realizes suchness]
Atithi or Guest Reception (study) (by Sarika. P.)
Part 6 - Content of Dharmaśāstras < [Chapter 5 - The Dharmaśāstra Literature]
Part 1 - Introduction to the Dharmaśāstra Literature < [Chapter 5 - The Dharmaśāstra Literature]
Part 1 - Introduction to Varṇāśrama-dharma (the wholeness of one’s life) < [Chapter 6 - Social Customs and Ethical Codes in Dharmaśāstras]
A comparative study between Buddhism and Nyaya (by Roberta Pamio)
3.1. The Vaibhāṣika and the Sautrāntika School (Introduction) < [Chapter 2 - The Four Buddhist Schools of Philosophy]
4.2. The Two Truths < [Chapter 2 - The Four Buddhist Schools of Philosophy]
Verses on the Perfection of Wisdom
Abhidharmakośa (by Leo M. Pruden)
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