ධර්‍ම

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Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Noun

ධර්‍ම (dhárma) stemm

  1. Sinhalese script form of धर्म (law)
    • (Can we date this quote?), The Buddha, Dhammapada(pāḷi) (subsequently translated from Pali to Sanskrit), Yamakavagga, page 26; republished in The Eighteenth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Khuddaka-Nikāya, Colombo, 2009:
      5. න හි වෛරෙණ වෛරාණී ශාම්‍යන‍්තීහ කදාචන
      ක්‍ෂාන‍්ත්‍යා වෛරාණී ශම්‍යන‍්ති එෂ ධර්‍මඃ සනාතනඃ.
      5. Na hi vaireṇa vairāṇi śāmyantīha kadācana.
      Kṣāntyā vairāṇi śāmyanti eṣa dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ.
      5. For in this world hatreds are not ever settled by hatred.
      Hatreds are settled by forbearance. This is an eternal truth.
      (literally, “5. For in this world hatreds are not ever settled by hatred.
      Hatreds are settled by forbearance. This truth is eternal.
      ”)
      (Wiktionary translation adapted from translation of the Pali by Ajahn Sujato.)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of ධර්‍ම (dhárma)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ධර්‍මඃ
dhármaḥ
ධර්‍මෞ / ධර්‍මා¹
dhármau / dhármā¹
ධර්‍මාඃ / ධර්‍මාසඃ¹
dhármāḥ / dhármāsaḥ¹
Vocative ධර්‍ම
dhárma
ධර්‍මෞ / ධර්‍මා¹
dhármau / dhármā¹
ධර්‍මාඃ / ධර්‍මාසඃ¹
dhármāḥ / dhármāsaḥ¹
Accusative ධර්‍මම්
dhármam
ධර්‍මෞ / ධර්‍මා¹
dhármau / dhármā¹
ධර්‍මාන්
dhármān
Instrumental ධර්‍මෙණ
dhármeṇa
ධර්‍මාභ්‍යාම්
dhármābhyām
ධර්‍මෛඃ / ධර්‍මෙභිඃ¹
dhármaiḥ / dhármebhiḥ¹
Dative ධර්‍මාය
dhármāya
ධර්‍මාභ්‍යාම්
dhármābhyām
ධර්‍මෙභ්‍යඃ
dhármebhyaḥ
Ablative ධර්‍මාත්
dhármāt
ධර්‍මාභ්‍යාම්
dhármābhyām
ධර්‍මෙභ්‍යඃ
dhármebhyaḥ
Genitive ධර්‍මස්‍ය
dhármasya
ධර්‍මයොඃ
dhármayoḥ
ධර්‍මාණාම්
dhármāṇām
Locative ධර්‍මෙ
dhárme
ධර්‍මයොඃ
dhármayoḥ
ධර්‍මෙෂු
dhármeṣu
Notes
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