Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Hinduism & Buddhism The principle or law that orders the universe.
- n. Hinduism & Buddhism Individual conduct in conformity with this principle.
- n. Hinduism & Buddhism The essential function or nature of a thing.
- n. Hinduism Individual obligation with respect to caste, social custom, civil law, and sacred law.
- n. Buddhism The body of teachings expounded by the Buddha.
- n. Buddhism Knowledge of or duty to undertake conduct set forth by the Buddha as a way to enlightenment.
- n. Buddhism One of the basic, minute elements from which all things are made.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Established order, usage, custom, rule, duty, virtue, right, law, etc. In Buddhism, the law; the canon. Also dhurma.
Wiktionary
- n. Hinduism, Buddhism the principle that orders the universe; one's conduct in conformity with such a principle
- n. Hinduism one's obligation in respect to one's position in society
- n. Buddhism the teachings of the Buddha as one's personal path to enlightenment
- n. Buddhism the teachings of the Buddha as a practice to be promulgated and taught.
WordNet 3.0
- n. basic principles of the cosmos; also: an ancient sage in Hindu mythology worshipped as a god by some lower castes
Etymologies
- From Sanskrit धर्म (dhárma, "that which upholds or supports"). (Wiktionary)
- Sanskrit dharmaḥ, statute, law; see dher- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“In both languages, they translated the term dharma with the Greek loan word nom, originally meaning “law.””
The Kalachakra Presentation of the Prophets of the Non-Indic Invaders (Full Analysis)
“The word "dharma" has multiple meanings depending on the context in which it is used.”
The Huffington Post: Rajiv Malhotra: Dharma Is Not The Same As Religion
“He looks for answers in dharma, the moral law that sustains society, the individual and the world.”
The Huffington Post: Katherine Marshall: How Hinduism's Mahabharata Can Help Restore Ethics in India
“The only way I can dilute the dharma is by adding one less capful of soap to a full load.”
“With a little “d,” dharma is all phenomena, all things.”
“Practice 2: Meditate upon the definition of dharma as the very essence of a thing.”
“Frankly, after the barest research on Wikipedia, I think the word dharma from the same cultural and religious tradition as karma addresses these matters of social and cultural determination.”
“The great epic, the Mahabharata, which is often called a dharma-shastra, constantly contests dharma.”
Pursuit of justice can be much enhanced by open and well-aimed public discussion
“In Indian philosophy, the word dharma refers to a higher truth or the ultimate reality of the universe.”
“In Sanskrit it is called dharma, which means “that which holds.””
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘dharma’.
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Russian Doll Words
A Russian Doll word is a word that, when you remove the first and last letters, is either the empty string, or a Russian Doll word. These are all of the 6 or more letter Russian Doll words found in...
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
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Sanskritist
Ancient Vedic language of India, Yoga, Buddhism and Hinduism
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the first list
an immense, grandiloquent list that loads like a thousand years sentence in stone. new words are in the other lists.
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Good Words
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quality words
This is a mix of new words I've read studying for the GRE verbal and words I use normally. I also check back on these words if I don't use them often enough.
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kat's words
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Wordie Working Overtime - some words ...
Some words of from XTC songs that I like or for some reason stand out. That and a dollar will get you a ride on the bus.
transistor, impaled, settee, sunspecs, neon, meccanic, infatuation, greenhouse, capers, consequence, excepted, helicopter and 112 more...
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Uncle John’s Interesting Words
Words I find interesting.
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Samme's Words
soliloquy, meander, creativity, magic, discovery, happiness, empowerment, abundance, [magnificent], iridescent, artistic, magical and 694 more...
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Words That Populate My Mind
This is a collection of words I love, old ones that I love the sound of when I repeat them for years and new ones coined in news articles on up and coming trends and technologies - most of them I k...
aroma, mojo, blithely, fringe, fray, synchronicity, doublespeak, buzzword, thoughtcrime, portmanteau, newspeak, oldspeak and 963 more...
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thricedotted's Words
schadenfreude, vanquish, calumny, obsequious, rhapsody, expostulate, promontory, bordello, quintessence, catharsis, recapitulation, myriad and 937 more...
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_mark's list
Words I like!
( personal list, favorite words, randomness )psy, nanobot, success, smack, vibration, microcosmic, springgraph, marksmanship, estranged, homoerotic, flex, fiasco and 1696 more...
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on gods and religions
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eureka!!
favourite amusing words and phrases
There is at least..., eureka, dharma, fufluns, tubular, carbuncle, spanakopita, mojo, cake or death, negative space, sweet tooth fairy, floweth and 26 more...
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bottleofblues's Words
recalcitrance, lackadaisical, gregarious, verisimilitude, vivisect, caveat, tempest, tumultuous, geisha, meme, subliminal, astral and 25 more...
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