dharma
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mə, ˈdʌr- 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.
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law, especially religious law.
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| —n | |
| 1. | Hinduism social custom regarded as a religious and moral duty |
| 2. | Hinduism |
| a. the essential principle of the cosmos; natural law | |
| b. conduct that conforms with this | |
| 3. | Buddhism ideal truth as set forth in the teaching of Buddha |
| [Sanskrit: habit, usage, law, from dhārayati he holds] | |
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Word Origin & History
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.)).
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Example sentences
Yoga is based on dharma, the fundamental laws of the nature, the right behaviour code.
Dharma is also the name of a deity or deva in charge of dharma.
Cloud of dharma the emphasized virtue is the practice of primordial wisdom.
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