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Pali
Noun
ධම්ම m
- Sinhala script form of dhamma (“righteousness”)
2006, The First Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Dīgha-Nikāya (I), page 2:තත්ර සුදං සුප්පියො පරිබ්බාජකො අනෙකපරියායෙන බුද්ධස්ස අවණ්ණං භාසති, ධම්මස්ස අවණ්ණං භාසති, සඞ්ඝස්ස අවණ්ණං භාසති.- Tatra sudaṃ suppiyo paribbājako anekapariyāyena buddhassa avaṇṇaṃ bhāsati, dhammassa avaṇṇaṃ bhāsati, saṅghassa avaṇṇaṃ bhāsati.
- Now just then Suppiya the mendicant was speaking in many ways in dispraise of the Buddha, in dispraise of the Doctrine, in dispraise of the Order.
c. 50 BC, The Buddha, Dhammapada(pāḷi), Yamakavagga, page 26; republished in The Eighteenth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Khuddaka-Nikāya, Colombo, 2009:5. න හි වෙරෙන වෙරාචී සම්මන්තීධ කුදාචනං 5
අඞවරෙන ච සම්මන්ති එස ධම්මො සනන්තනො.- 5. Na hi verena verāni sammantīdha kudācanaṃ 5
Averena ca sammanti esa dhammo sanantano. - 5. For in this world hatreds are not ever settled by hatred,
but are settled by love. This is an eternal truth. - (literally, “5. For in this world hatreds are not ever settled by hatred,
but are settled by love. This truth is eternal.”)
Declension
Declension table of "ධම්ම" (masculine)