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dhamma

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/ ˈdɑːmə, ˈdʌmə /

noun

  1. Buddhism a variant of dharma

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of dhamma

from Pali, from Sanskrit: see dharma

Example Sentences

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If this be thought to rest on a mistranslation, it is certainly true that the dhamma had very little to do with devas.

From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 by Eliot, Charles, Sir

The Pali expression kalyamo dhamma is here translated "glorious doctrine."

From The Buddha A Drama in Five Acts and Four Interludes by Carus, Paul

He evidently accepted his teachers' general ideas about belief and conduct—a dhamma, a vinaya, and the practice of meditation—but rejected the content of their teaching as inadequate.

From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 by Eliot, Charles, Sir

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