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Abhidharma

Abhidharma noun: ancient Buddhist texts, dating from the 3rd century BCE onward, that contain detailed scholastic reworkings of doctrinal material appearing in the Buddhist sutras, according to schematic classifications.

Noun

Abhidharma pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Ancient Buddhist texts, dating from the 3rd century BCE onward, that contain detailed scholastic reworkings of doctrinal material appearing in the Buddhist sutras, according to schematic classifications.

Abhidharma meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Bengali and Sanskrit

Abhidharma in Hindi

a major canon of Buddhist scripture
अभिधर्म abhidharm

Abhidharma in Marathi

a major canon of Buddhist scripture
अभिधर्म abhidharma

Abhidharma in Bengali

a major canon of Buddhist scripture
অভিধর্ম্ম obhidhormmo

Abhidharma in Sanskrit

a major canon of Buddhist scripture
अभिधर्म abhidharma
More languagesFewer languages
Abhidharma in Sinhala
අභිධර්මය abhidharmaya
Abhidharma in Thai
อภิธรรม à-pí-tam
Abhidharma in Vietnamese
A-tì-đạt-ma
Abhidharma in Myanmar
အဘိဓမ္မာ a.bhi.dhamma

Forms of Abhidharma

alternative formAbhidhamma

Origin of Abhidharma

Borrowed from Sanskrit अभिधर्म (abhidharma, literally “higher dharma”).

Questions about Abhidharma

What does Abhidharma mean?
Abhidharma means ancient Buddhist texts, dating from the 3rd century BCE onward, that contain detailed scholastic reworkings of doctrinal material appearing in the Buddhist sutras, according to schematic classifications.
What is Abhidharma in Hindi?
Abhidharma in Hindi is अभिधर्म (abhidharm). See Abhidharma meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Abhidharma?
Abhidharma is a noun.

Words near Abhidharma in the dictionary

  1. abhenrys
  2. abhesive
  3. abhesives
  4. Abhi
  5. Abhidhamma
  6. Abhidharma
  7. Abhigya
  8. Abhigyan
  9. Abhijit
  10. Abhilash
  11. Abhilasha

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