Pāli Dictionary

dhammā

dhammastemāsuffix

Part of speech

noun · feminine

Root

dhar1to hold; to carry; to endure


monastic

  • Dhammā, an arahant nun (Therī) mentioned in early Buddhist texts

  • Thig 1.17

    itthaṃ sudaṃ dhammā therī gāthaṃ abhāsitthā'ti.

dhamma

approximate

dharrootmasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

dhar1to hold; to carry; to endure

Literal

the "bearer"; that which upholds

Synonyms

Antonyms


doctrine

  • the Buddha’s teaching; the doctrine; the Dhamma

  • AN 6.10

    svākkhāto bhagavatā dhammo sandiṭṭhiko akāliko ehipassiko

  • phenomenon; thing; mental object (object of the mind)

  • MN 10

    dhammesu dhammānupassī viharati ātāpī sampajāno satimā

general

  • nature; character; quality; inherent property

  • DN 16

    vayadhammā saṅkhārā, appamādena sampādetha

ethics

  • law; norm; justice; righteousness; moral conduct

  • Dhp 169

    dhammaṃ care sucaritaṃ, na naṃ duccaritaṃ care

Encyclopedia

9 entries

Dhammā
Person
  • A woman of Sāvatthi who became a nun after her husband’s death and attained Arahantship upon reflecting on a fall she suffered while returning from alms round.

Thig 1.17
Dhammā2
Person
  • The chief female disciple of Atthadassī Buddha.

Dhammā3
Person
  • The fifth of the seven daughters of King Kikī of Bārāṇasī, who lived a celibate life for twenty thousand years and is identified with a past life of Kisāgotamī.

Dhammā4
Person
  • The wife of King Bindusāra and mother of Asoka, also known by the name Siridhammā.

Dhammā5
Person
  • An eminent Therī of Anurādhapura celebrated as an expert teacher of the Vinaya.

Dhammā6
Person
  • A poor woman of Sīva village whose gift of a single robe, worn in turn only by monks who had become Arahants, led to a king honouring her by renaming the village Dhammasīva.

Dhamma
Personapproximate
  • The Bodhisatta as a deity born in the sense-sphere heavens, whose story is told in the Dhammadevaputta Jātaka, though the Milindapañha calls him a yakkha.

Dhamma2
Placeapproximate
  • The palace built by Vissakamma for King Mahāsudassana at Sakka’s command.

Dhamma3
Placeapproximate
  • The lake in front of the palace built for King Mahāsudassana.

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