Dharmasharira, Dharmaśarīra: 4 definitions
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Dharmasharira 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 Dharmaśarīra can be transliterated into English as Dharmasarira or Dharmasharira, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryDharmaśarīra (धर्मशरीर).—(-sūtra) , name of a short work: Stönner, SBBA 1904 pp. 1282, 1283 (line 5 of text). Here printed entire; a list of Buddhist religious categories.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Dharmaśarīra (धर्मशरीर):—[=dharma-śarīra] [from dharma > dhara] n. a body or collection of virtues or sacred relics, [Jātakamālā]
2) [v.s. ...] a kind of small Buddh. Stūpa.
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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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