The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

sambuddha): so Bhagav! j!na' j!n!ti passa' passati cakkhu -- bh(to ñ!*a -- bh(to dhamma˚ brahma˚ & in
this possession of the truth he is not like Brahm!, but Brahm! himself & the lord of the world as the
"master of the Truth": vatt! pavatt! atthassa ninnet! Amatassa d!t! dhammass!m" S iv.94; & similarly "yo
kho Dhamma' passati so mam passati; yo mam passati so Dhamma' passati" =he who sees the Buddha
sees the Truth S iii.120. Cp. with this also the dhamma -- cakka idea (see cpds.). On equation
Dhamma=Brahman see esp. Geiger, Dhamma pp. 76 -- 80, where is also discussed the formula Bhagavato
putto etc. (with dhammaja for the brahmanic brahmaja). -- In later (Abhidhamma) literature the (dogmatic)
personification of Dhamma occurs. See e. g. Tikp A 366. As 6th sense -- object "dhamma" is the
counterpart of "mano": manas! dhamma' viññ!ya "apperceiving presentations with the mind" S iv.185 etc.
(see formula under r(pa); mano -- viññeyy! dhamm! S iv.73; cp. S iii.46; iv.3 sq.; v.74; D iii.226, 245, 269.
Ranged in the same category under the anupassan! -- formula (q. v.) "dhammesu dhamm -- ânupassin"
realising the mentality of mental objects or ideas, e. g. D ii.95, 100, 299; A i.39, 296; ii.256; iii.450; iv.301.
Also as one of the 6 ta*h!s "desire for ideas" D iii.244, 280. -- As spirituality opposed to materiality in
contrast of dh. & !misa: It 98 (˚d!na: a mat. & a spir. gift). -- (b) objective: substratum (of cognition),
piece, constituent (= khandha), constitution; phenomenon, thing, "world," cosmic order (as the expression
of cosmic sense, as under a & 2). Thus applied to the khandhas: vedan!dayo tayo kh. DhA i.35 (see
Khandha B 3); to r(pa vedan! saññ! sankh!r! viññ!na S iii.39;=sankh!r! D iii.58, 77, 141. Freq. in formula
sabbe dhamm! anicc! (+dukkh! anatt!: see nicca) "the whole of the visible world, all phenomena are
evanescent etc." S iii.132 sq. & passim. di&&he [va] dhamme in the phenomenal world (opp. sampar!yika
dh. the world beyond): see under di&&ha (S iv.175, 205 etc.). -- ye dhamm! hetuppabhav! tesa' hetu'
Tath!gato !ha "of all phenomena sprung from a cause the Buddha the cause hath told" Vin i.40 (cp. Is!
Upanishad 14). lokadhamm! things of this world (viz. gain, fame, happiness etc., see under l!bha) D
iii.260; Nd2 55. uttari -- manussa -- dh˚! transcendental, supernormal phenomena D i.211, cp. D iii.4;
abbhuta -- dh˚! wonderful signs, portents Miln 8 (tayo acchariy! a. dh. p!turahesu'); PvA 2: hassa --
khi..h! -- rati -- dh. -- sam!panna endowed with the qualities or things of mirth, play & enjoyment D i.19;
iii.31; g!ma˚ things or doings of the village D i.4 (cp. DA i.72). 2. Ratio -- ethically -- (a) objective:
"rationality," anything that is as it should be according to its reason & logicality (as expressed under No. 1
a), i. e. right property, sound condition, norm, propriety, constitution as conforming to No. 1 in universal
application i. e. Natural or Cosmic Law: yattha n!mañ ca r(pa' ca asesam uparujjhati, ta' te dhamma'
idhâññ!ya acchidu' bhavabandhana' (recognising this law) S i.35 cittacetasik! dh˚ ! a term for the four
mental khandhas, and gradually superseding them Dhs 1022 (cf. Compendium of Philosophy, 1);
dasadhamma -- vid( Vin i.38 (see dasa); with attha, nirutti and pa&ibh!na: one of the 4 Pa&isambhid!s
(branches of analytic knowledge A ii.160; P&s i.84, 88 etc.; Vibh. 293 f., Points of Controversy, p. 380. In
this sense freq. -- ˚ as adj.: being constituted, having the inherent quality (as based on Natural Law or the
rational constitution of the Universe), destined to be . . ., of the (natural) property of . . ., like (cp. Gr. --
eidh/s or E. -- able, as in change -- able=liable to change, also E. -- hood, -- ly & P. -- gata, -- &hita), e. g.
khaya -- dhamma liable to decay (+vaya˚, vir!ga˚, nirodha˚), with ref. to the Sankh!ras S iv.216 sq.; in the
Pa&iccasamupp!da S ii.60; akkhaya imperishable Pv iv.152 (d!na' a -- dh. atthu). cavana˚ destined to shift
to another state of existence D i.18; iii.31; It 76; VvA 54. j!ti -- jar! -- mara*a˚ under the law of birth, age,
& death D iii.57; A i.147; iii.54; PvA 41 (sabbe satt! . . .); bhedana˚ fragile (of k!ya) D i.76; S i.71; PvA 41
(bhijjana˚ of sankh!r!). vipari*!ma˚ changeable A i.258; iv.157; PvA 60 (+anicca). a˚ unchanging D iii.31
sq. samudaya˚ & nirodha˚, in formula ya' kiñci s -- dh˚' sabban tan n -- dh˚' "anything that is destined to
come into existence must also cease to exist" D i.110, 180; S iv.47 & passim. Cp. further: an!vatti˚
avinip!ta˚ D i.156; iii.107, 132; A i.232; ii.89, 238; iv.12; anupp!da˚ D iii.270. -- (b) subjective: "morality,"
right behaviour, righteousness, practice, duty; maxim (cp. &h!na), constitution of character as conforming to
No. 1 in social application, i. e. Moral Law. -- Often in pl.: tenets, convictions, moral habits; & as adj. that
which is proper, that which forms the right idea; good, righteous, true; opp. adhamma false, unjust etc.; evil
practice -- (a) Righteousness etc.: S i.86 (eko dh. one principle of conduct; ii.280 (dh. isina' dhajo:
righteousness is the banner of the Wise); kusala dh. D i.224; dhamme &hita righteous Vv 168; ñ!ti˚ duty
against relatives PvA 30; deyya˚=
-- 337 --
d!na PvA 9, 70; sad˚ faith (q. v.) -- opp. adhamma unrighteousness, sin A ii.19; v.73 sq.; D iii.70 (˚r!ga+
visama -- lobha & micch! -- dhamma); Pv iii.96 (˚' anuvattisa' I practised wrong conduct). -- In the same