α. 1800s– dhamma.
β. 1800s– dhammo.
Also with capital initial.dhamman.
/ˈdɑːmə/, /ˈdʌmə/, U.S. /ˈdɑmə/ Buddhism.
1. Esp. in Theravada Buddhism: universal truth or law, esp. as proclaimed by the Buddha; Buddhist teaching. Cf. Buddha dhamma n. 2, dharma n. 1b.Regarded as one of the cornerstones of the Buddhist faith; cf. three jewels n.Occasionally also in the context of other religious, philosophical, and cultural traditions originating in India, with the sense ‘the eternal law of the cosmos’; cf. dharma n. 1a.In Mahayana Buddhism the related term dharma n. is typically used.
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society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > customs, values, or beliefs of a society or group > [noun] > of specific society or group
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1837 G. Turnour in tr. Maháwanso Introd. p. liii Two individuals, influenced by wicked thoughts,..discouraging the resort for the purpose of listening to dhamma.
1924 W. B. Selbie Psychol. Relig. xii. 227 Infractions of the moral law or Dhamma are the result of folly based on ignorance.
1982 C. de Silva Winds of Sinhala xxii. 219 The Venerable Rahula..physically beat me with his staff..to leave the mark of dhamma on me.
2014 Jrnl. Relig. & Violence 2 491 Jerryson shows how universal Buddhist dhamma is both politicized and nationalized and monks have a political valency.
2. Esp. in Theravada Buddhism: a distinctive aspect of truth or reality, regarded as part of the phenomenal world. Cf. dharma n. 2.In Mahayana Buddhism the related term dharma n. is typically used.
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1875 R. C. Childers Dict. Pali Lang. 119/1 The two dhammas, ‘conditions’ or ‘qualities’, are samatho and vipassaná, calm and contemplation.
1911 Jrnl. Royal Asiatic Soc. Apr. 558 All the thousand and more names of notions or dhammas pregnant with meaning in the Dhamma.
1964 Philos. East & West 14 156 Nibbāna [i.e. nirvana]..is, however, a dhamma, and, since the old formula says all dhammā are devoid of self.., there is no abiding self either.
2020 Daily News (Sri Lanka) (Nexis) 7 May A conditioned dhamma is an actuality which has come into being through causes or conditions, something which arises through the workings of various conditions.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).
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