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Dhamma 172 Dhamma
equation Dhamma = Brahman see esp. Geiger, Dhamma
pp. 76-80, where is also discussed the formula Bhagavato
putto etc. (with dhammaja for the brahraanic brahmaja).
— lu later (Abhidharama) literature the (dogmatic)
personification of Dhamma occurs. See e. g.
Tikp A 366.
As 6th sense-object " dhamma " is the counterpart
dhamraar) viufiaya " apper-
of " mano " : nianasa
ceiving presentations with the mind " S iv.185 etc. (see
formula under rupa) ; mano-viiirieyya dhamma S iv.73 ;
111.226, 245, 269. Ranged
op. S 111.46 ; IV. 3 sq. ; v. 74 ; D
in the same category under the anupassana-forraula
(q. V.) " dhanimesu dhamm-anupassin " realising the
mentality of mental objects or ideas, e. g. D 11.95, i^o,
299; A 1.39, 296; 11.256; 111.450; IV. 301. Also as one
of the 6 tanhas " desire for ideas " D 111.244, 280. — As
spirituality opposed to materiality in contrast of dh. &
amisa: It 98 (°dana : 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 khandhcis :
vedanadayo tayo kh. DhA 1.35 (see Khandha B 3); to
rupa vedana sariua sankhara vinnana S iii.39;=san-
khara D 111.58, 77, 141. Freq. in formula sabbe dhamma
anicca (4- dukkha anatta :
see nicca) " the whole of the
visible
III. 132
world,
sq. &
all phenomena are evanescent
passim, ditthe [va] dhamme
etc." S
in the
phenomenal world (opp. samparayika dh. the world
beyond): see under dittha (S iv.175, 205 etc.). — ye
dhamma hetuppabhava tesar) hetur) Tathagato aha
" of all phenomena sprung from a cause the; Buddha the
cause hath told " Vin 1.40 (cp. Isa Upanishad 14)-. —
lokadhatnma things of this world (viz. gain, fame,
happiness etc., see under labha) D 111.26(1; Nd^ 55.
uttari-manussa-dh°a transcendental, supernormal phe-
nomena D 1.2 II, cp. D 111.4 ; abbhuta-dh°a
signs, portents
hesug); PvA
wonderful
Miln 8 (tayo acchariya a. dh, patura-
2: hassa-khiddha-rati-dh.-samapanna
endowed with the qualities or things of mirth, play &
enjoyment O 1.19 ; 111.31 ; gama° things or doings of the
village D 1.4 (cp. DA 1.72).
2. Ratio-cthically— (a) objective : " rationality," anything
that is as
& logicality (as
it should
expressed
be according to its reason
under No. i a), i. e. right
property, sound condition, norm, propriety, constitution
as conforming to No. i in universal application i. e.
Satural or Cosmic Law : yattha namau ca rupag ci
asesara uparujjhati, tag te dhammai) idhaflnaya
acchidur) bhavabandhanag (recognising this law) S
1.35 cittacetasika dh° a a term for the four mental
khandhas, and gradually superseding them Dhs 1022
(cf. Compendium of Philosophy, i); dasadhamma-vidu
Vin 1.38 (see dasa) ; with attha, nirutti and patibhana :
one of the 4 Patisanibhidas (branches of analytic knowledge
A II. 160 ; Pfs 1.84, 88 etc. ; Vibh. 293 f., Points 0/
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
change-able = liable
(cp. Gr. -n(V/