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dhar·ma       [dahr-muh, duhr-] Pronunciation Key
–noun Hinduism, Buddhism.
1.essential quality or character, as of the cosmos or one's own nature.
2.conformity to religious law, custom, duty, or one's own quality or character.
3.virtue.
4.religion.
5.law, esp. religious law.
6.the doctrine or teaching of the Buddha.
Pali, dham·ma       [duhm-uh] Pronunciation Key.

[Origin: 1790–1800; < Skt: custom, duty, akin to dhārayati holds, maintains]

—Related forms
dharmic, adjective
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dhar·ma       (där'mə, dûr'-)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. Hinduism & Buddhism
    1. The principle or law that orders the universe.
    2. Individual conduct in conformity with this principle.
    3. The essential function or nature of a thing.
    4. The body of teachings expounded by the Buddha.
    5. Knowledge of or duty to undertake conduct set forth by the Buddha as a way to enlightenment.
    6. One of the basic, minute elements from which all things are made.
  2. Hinduism Individual obligation with respect to caste, social custom, civil law, and sacred law.
  3. Buddhism
    1. The body of teachings expounded by the Buddha.
    2. Knowledge of or duty to undertake conduct set forth by the Buddha as a way to enlightenment.
    3. One of the basic, minute elements from which all things are made.


[Sanskrit dharmaḥ, statute, law; see dher- in Indo-European roots.]

dhar'mic adj.
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dharma 
1796, in secular sense, "caste custom, right behavior;" in Buddhism and Hinduism, "moral law," from Skt., "law, right, justice," related to dharayati "holds," and cognate with L. firmus, all from PIE base *dher- "to hold, support" (see firm (adj.)).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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dharma

noun
basic principles of the cosmos; also: an ancient sage in Hindu mythology worshipped as a god by some lower castes; 

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