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- Sanskrit · borrowed fromअभिधर्म
- English todayAbhidharma
Borrowed from Sanskrit अभिधर्म (abhidharma, literally “higher dharma”).
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Abhidharma
Today it 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. Full definition →
Sanskrit अभिधर्म