Dictionary

dharma en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /d̪hərm(ɑ)/ (South-Asia)
• /ˈdɑɹ.mə/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈdɑː.mə/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit धर्म (dhárma, “that which upholds or supports”). The definitions pertaining to Buddhism are influenced by dhamma, a loan word from Pali. Doublet of dhamma and firm.

Meanings

1. (Hinduism, Jainism, countable, uncountable) The natural order of the universe; natural law, cosmic order.
2. (Hinduism, countable, uncountable) One's obligation in respect to one's position in society, or the universe; one's duty, societally or cosmically.
3. (countable, uncountable) The teachings of the Buddha as one's personal path to enlightenment.
4. (countable, uncountable) The teachings of the Buddha as a practice to be promulgated and taught.
5. (Jainism, countable, uncountable) Rule of conduct.
   • Jain ethical code prescribes two dharmas or rules of conduct. 2016 June 25, Wikipedia contributors, “Five Vows”, in English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation:

Forms

Antonyms

adharma

Deriveds

Dharmic · dharma talk · dharmic · Buddha-dharma

Relateds

rta · Sanatana Dharma () · karma

Translations (75)

shn ထမ်ႇမႃႉ (principle that orders the universe) · lo ທັມ (principle that orders the universe) · ban dharma (principle that orders the universe) · ne धर्म (principle that orders the universe) · lo ທຳ (principle that orders the universe) · ml ധർമ്മം (principle that orders the universe) · bho धर्म (principle that orders the universe) · lo ທຳ (teachings of the Buddha) · ta தருமம் (principle that orders the universe) · fr dharma (principle that orders the universe) · vi Phật pháp (teachings of the Buddha) · dty धर्म (principle that orders the universe) · khb ᦒᧄ (teachings of the Buddha) · mr धर्म (teachings of the Buddha) · ja 法 (principle that orders the universe) · km ធម៌ (teachings of the Buddha) · nl dharma (principle that orders the universe) · kfr ધર્મ (principle that orders the universe) · ru дха́рма (teachings of the Buddha) · kok धर्म (principle that orders the universe) · vi pháp (teachings of the Buddha) · mn ном (teachings of the Buddha) · pt darma (principle that orders the universe) · eo darmo (principle that orders the universe) · grc εὐσέβειᾰ (principle that orders the universe) · kn ಧರ್ಮ (principle that orders the universe) · th ธรรม (principle that orders the universe) · my ဓမ္မ (teachings of the Buddha) · sk dharma (principle that orders the universe) · ko 법 (teachings of the Buddha) · hi धर्म (principle that orders the universe) · el ντάρμα (principle that orders the universe) · fi dharma (principle that orders the universe) · pl dharma (principle that orders the universe) · de Dharma (principle that orders the universe) · khb ᦒᧄ (principle that orders the universe) · ja 法 (teachings of the Buddha) · syl ꠗꠞ꠆ꠝꠧ (principle that orders the universe) · mr धर्म (principle that orders the universe) · ko 법 (principle that orders the universe) · te ధర్మము (principle that orders the universe) · bo ཆོས (teachings of the Buddha) · my ဓမ္မ (principle that orders the universe) · th ธรรมะ (principle that orders the universe) · ms darma (teachings of the Buddha) · my တရား (teachings of the Buddha) · pl dharma (teachings of the Buddha) · pi dhamma (principle that orders the universe) · ar دَارْمَا (principle that orders the universe) · sa धर्म (principle that orders the universe) · nod ᨵᩢᨾ᩠ᨾ᩺ (principle that orders the universe) · hi निरंजन (principle that orders the universe) · cmn 法 (principle that orders the universe) · hi कर्तव्य (principle that orders the universe) · or ଧର୍ମ (principle that orders the universe) · pt darma (teachings of the Buddha) · bn নিরঁজন (principle that orders the universe) · th ธรรม (teachings of the Buddha) · ru дха́рма (principle that orders the universe) · bo ལྷ་ཆོས (principle that orders the universe) · inc-ash 𑀥𑀁𑀫 (principle that orders the universe) · ur دَھرْم (principle that orders the universe) · cs dharma (principle that orders the universe) · ms darma (principle that orders the universe) · es dharma (principle that orders the universe) · vi pháp (principle that orders the universe) · cmn 法 (teachings of the Buddha) · shn ထမ်ႇ (principle that orders the universe) · my တရား (principle that orders the universe) · gu ધર્મ (principle that orders the universe) · bn ধর্ম (principle that orders the universe) · km ធម្ម (principle that orders the universe) · km ធម៌ (principle that orders the universe) · fi dharma (teachings of the Buddha) · mai धर्म (principle that orders the universe)