Pāli Dictionary

dhammika

dhammastemikasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Root

dhar1to hold; to carry; to endure

Synonyms

sugatī, dhammī, tādisa, sahadhammika, tādī, tādi, evaṃdhamma, tathābhūta,

Antonyms

adhammika

ethics

  • righteous; just; moral; acting rightly; (as noun) a righteous person; one who practices the Dhamma

  • MN 91

    sace agāraṃ ajjhāvasati, rājā hoti cakkavattī dhammiko dhammarājā cāturanto vijitāvī janapadatthāvariyappatto sattaratanasamannāgato. tass'imāni satta ratanāni bhavanti

  • Dhp 84

    na attahetu na parassa hetu, na puttam'icche na dhanaṃ na raṭṭhaṃ, na iccheyya adhammena samiddhim'attano, sa sīlavā paññavā dhammiko siyā.

monastic

  • lawful; legitimate; legal; in conformity with the rule or regulation

general

  • correct; proper; fit; of such nature or quality

Encyclopedia

7 entries

Dhammika
Person

  • A brahmin of Kosala who drove other monks from his residence through irritability before the Buddha taught him a Jātaka on the same fault, leading him to Arahantship.

Thag 4.10AN 6.54
Dhammika2
Person

  • A householder of Sāvatthi who postponed ordination at his wife’s request until their son could walk, and whose entire family eventually became Arahants.

Dhammika3
Person

  • An eminent lay disciple of Sāvatthi and Non-returner who, with five hundred followers of similar attainment, was said to be able to travel through the air.

Snp 2.14
Dhammika4
Person

  • One of the chief lay supporters of Piyadassī Buddha.

Dhammika5
Person

  • A king of Thailand, contemporary of King Kittisirirājasīha of Sri Lanka, who sent monks to restore ordination lineages there and exchanged gifts with him.

Dhammika6
Person

  • A term for ‘a righteous lay disciple’ in a Dhammapada commentary passage, likely a description rather than a proper name.

Dhammika7
Other

  • The name of a jackal character in the Biḷāravata Jātaka.

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