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dharmas

dharmas is the plural of dharma.

Meaning of dharma

Noun

dharma (countable and uncountable, plural dharmas)

  1. (Hinduism, Jainism) The natural order of the universe; natural law, cosmic order.
    Antonyms:
    adharma
  2. (Hinduism) One's obligation in respect to one's position in society, or the universe; one's duty, societally or cosmically.
  3. The teachings of the Buddha as one's personal path to enlightenment.
  4. The teachings of the Buddha as a practice to be promulgated and taught.
  5. (Jainism) Rule of conduct.
    • Jain ethical code prescribes two dharmas or rules of conduct.2016 June 25, Wikipedia contributors, “Five Vows”, in English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation

Phrases with dharmas

Questions about dharmas

What is dharmas the plural of?
Dharmas is the plural of dharma.

Words near dharmas in the dictionary

  1. dharmakayas
  2. dharmapala
  3. dharmapalas
  4. Dharmapuri
  5. Dharmaraja
  6. dharmas
  7. dharmasastra
  8. dharmasastras
  9. dharmashastra
  10. dharmashastras
  11. dharmic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dharmas (page history and authors); dharma (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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