ธมฺม

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ธมฺม m

  1. Thai script form of dhamma (“righteousness”)
    • 2005, บุญคิด วัชรศาสตร์, ภาษาเมืองล้านนา (overall work in Thai), Chiang Mai: Tharatong Print Shop, →ISBN, page 187:
      สฺวากฺขาโต ภควตา ธมฺโม, สนฺทิฏฺฐิโก อกาลิโก เอหิปสฺสิโก, โอปนยิโก ปจฺจตฺตํ เวทิตพฺโพ วิญฺญูหีติ.
      svākkhāto bhagavatā dhammo, sandiṭṭhiko akāliko ehipassiko, opanayiko paccattaṃ veditabbo viññūhīti.
      The dhamma has been expounded well by the Exalted One, it is not esoteric, it is not timebound, it is open to all, leading to nirvana, it should be known by the wise individually.

Declension

Declension table of "ธมฺม" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)ธมฺโม (dhammo)ธมฺมา (dhammā)
Accusative (second)ธมฺมํ (dhammaṃ)ธมฺเม (dhamme)
Instrumental (third)ธมฺเมน (dhammena)ธมฺเมหิ (dhammehi) or ธมฺเมภิ (dhammebhi)
Dative (fourth)ธมฺมสฺส (dhammassa) or ธมฺมาย (dhammāya) or ธมฺมตฺถํ (dhammatthaṃ)ธมฺมานํ (dhammānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)ธมฺมสฺมา (dhammasmā) or ธมฺมมฺหา (dhammamhā) or ธมฺมา (dhammā)ธมฺเมหิ (dhammehi) or ธมฺเมภิ (dhammebhi)
Genitive (sixth)ธมฺมสฺส (dhammassa)ธมฺมานํ (dhammānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)ธมฺมสฺมิํ (dhammasmiṃ) or ธมฺมมฺหิ (dhammamhi) or ธมฺเม (dhamme)ธมฺเมสุ (dhammesu)
Vocative (calling)ธมฺม (dhamma)ธมฺมา (dhammā)
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