Dharma
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DHARMA, DHARMA-RAJA
[Source:
Dowson's Classical Dictionary
of Hindu Mythology] `Justice.'
A name of Yama, the judge of the dead.
dharma
[Source: from the Monier Williams
Sanskrit Dictionary]
. the older form of the RV is dhárman,
that which is established or firm, steadfast decree, statute, ordinance, law
. usage, practice, customary
observance or prescribed conduct, duty
. right,
justice (often as a synonym of punishment)
. virtue, morality, religion,
religious merit, good works
. holding to the law, doing one's duty
. Law
or Justice personified
. as
Yama
. as born from the right
breast of Yama
. the law or doctrine of Buddhism
. the
ethical precepts of Buddhism
. nature,
character, peculiar condition or essential quality, property, mark, peculiarity
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Modern
Languages MLLL-4993. Indian Epics. Laura Gibbs, Ph.D.
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