Dharmasharma, Dharmaśarmā, Dharmaśarman, Dharmasharman, Dharma-sharman: 6 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms Dharmaśarmā and Dharmaśarman can be transliterated into English as Dharmasarma or Dharmasharma or Dharmasarman or Dharmasharman, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia1) Dharmaśarmā (धर्मशर्मा).—A brahmin who was born a parrot named Kañjala in his rebirth. Dharmaśarmā was one of the three sons of an eminent Brahmin called Vidyādhara. His other two sons were Vasuśarmā and Nāmaśarmā. While both his brothers became great scholars Dharmaśarmā never studied anything and became a muff. His father was greatly worried on account of this. Dharmaśarmā never heeded the advice of his father and went about in bad company ruining himself. Years went by and Dharmaśarmā became old.
One day Dharmaśarmā was sitting repentant in a temple sadly pondering over his past when a siddha came to the temple. Watching him Dharmaśarmā saw him go and sit in a lonely place for meditation with his eyes shut. Dharmaśarmā went and stood near him very respectfully. When the Siddha opened his eyes after some time he saw Dharmaśarmā standing before him and then the Siddha made enquiries about Dharmaśarmā. The latter then requested the Siddha to give him instructions to acquire the supreme knowledge. The Siddha then gave him Jñānopadeśa (advice on knowledge) and Dharmaśarmā soon became a Siddha himself. He then started on a pilgrimage and on the way he got a parrot. He took care of the bird just like his son and loved it very affectionately. One day when Dharmaśarmā was away from the place to collect fruits for his food a cat caught and ate the parrot. Greatly grief-stricken Dharmaśarmā wept bitterly and ran about like a mad man. After some days he died and because at the time of death he was thinking about the parrot he was born a parrot in his next birth. The jñānopadeśa of the siddha was still lingering in him while he died and so even in his life as a parro the never lost the jñāna he had acquired in his previous life. (Chapter 122, Padma Purāṇa).
2) Dharmaśarmā (धर्मशर्मा).—See under Śivaśarmā.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexDharmaśarmā (धर्मशर्मा).—A disciple of Rathitara (s.v.).*
- * Vāyu-purāṇa 60. 66.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
Source: The University of Sydney: A study of the Twelve ReflectionsDharmaśarman (धर्मशर्मन्) refers to “virtue and bliss”, according to the Yaśastilaka Campū verse 2.123-214.—Accordingly, “Never imagine that thou art composed of the body, because the body is utterly different from thee. Thou art all consciousness, an abode of virtue and bliss (dharmaśarman-vasati); whereas the body, because it is inert, is an unconscious mass. The body exists and grows so long as thou art in existence. When thou art dead, it disappears in the form of earth, air and the like. Composed of the elements it is devoid of feelings such as joy, like a corpse. Hence the blissful self is surely different from the body.
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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryDharmaśarman (धर्मशर्मन्):—[=dharma-śarman] [from dharma > dhara] m. ‘refuge of l° or virtue’, Name of a preceptor
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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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Dharma, Sharman, Tarma.
Starts with: Dharmasharmabhyudaya.
Full-text: Vasusharma, Kanjala, Dharmasharmabhyudaya, Vasati, Sharman, Shivasarman.
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The Padma Purana (by N.A. Deshpande)
Chapter 2 - Life is Restored to Vedaśarman < [Section 2 - Bhūmi-khaṇḍa (section on the earth)]
Chapter 122 - Dharmaśarman’s Account < [Section 2 - Bhūmi-khaṇḍa (section on the earth)]
Chapter 1 - The Story of Śivaśarman < [Section 2 - Bhūmi-khaṇḍa (section on the earth)]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 68 - The Greatness of Akhaṇḍeśvara < [Section 1 - Avantīkṣetra-māhātmya]