The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

ca dhammo na jaram upeti S i.71. Whoever worships the Dh. finds in this worship the highest gratification:
diyo loke sako putto piyo loke sako pati, tato piyatar! . . . dhammassa maggan! S i.210; ye keci
ariyadhamme khantiy! upet! . . . devak!ya' parip(ressanti S i.30. Dh ˚' garukaroti D iii.84. Opp. Dhamme
ag!rava A iii.247, 340; iv.84: the slanderers of the Dh. receive the worst punishment after death S i.30
(upenti Roruva' ghora'). -- Var. phrases: to find the truth (i. e. to realize intuitively the Dh.)=dh˚'
anubodhati D ii.113; S i.137, or vindati D i.110, 148. To expound the Dh., teach the truth, talk about
problems of ethics & philosophy: dh˚' deseti Vin iv.134; S i.210 etc.; katheti PvA 41; bh!sati Vin i.101;
bha*ati Vin i.169; pak!seti S ii.28; iv.121. To hear the Dh., to listen to such an exposition: dh˚' su*!ti S
i.114, 137, 196, 210; A i.36; iii.163; DhA iii.81, 113. To attain full knowledge of it: dh ˚' pariy!pu*!ti A
ii.103, 185; iii.86, cp. 177 & ˚pariyatti. To remember the Dh.: dh!reti A iii.176 (for details of the 5 stages
of the Dh. -- accomplishment); to ponder over the Dh., to study it: dh ˚' vici*!ti S i.34=55, 214; A iv.3 sq.
To enter a relation of discipleship with the Dh.: dh ˚' sara*a' gacchati (see above 2) Pv iv.348; dhamma'
sara*attha' upehi Vv 532 (cp. VvA 232). See further Ps i.34, 78, 131; ii.159 sq.; Pug 58, 66; Vbh 293
sq., 329; Nett 11, 15, 31, 83, 112; & cp. cpds. -- 4. Dhamma and anudhamma. Childers interprets
anudhamma with "lesser or inferior dhamma," but the general purport of the Nik!ya passages seems to be
something like "in conformity with, in logical sequence to the dhamma" i. e. lawfulness, righteousness,
reasonableness, truth (see KS ii.202; Geiger, P!li Dhamma pp. 115 -- 118). It occurs (always with Dh.) in
the foll. contexts: dhammassa c' ânudh ˚' vy!karoti "to explain according to the truth of the Dhamma" D
i.161; iii.115; Ud 50; dhammassa hoti anudhammac!rin
-- 338 --
"walking in perfect conformity to the Dh." A ii.8; dh. -- anudh ˚' !caranti id. D iii.154; dh. -- anudh˚
pa&ipanna "one who has reached the complete righteousness of the Dh." D ii.224; iii.119; S iii.40 sq.; It 81;
A iii.176 (where it forms the highest stage of the Dhammaknowledge, viz. (1) dh ˚' su*!ti; (2)
pariy!pu*!ti; (3) dh!reti; (4) attha' upaparikkhati; (5) dh -- anudh ˚' pa&ipajjati). Further in series
bahussuta, dhammadhara, dh -- anudh˚ -- pa&ipanna D ii.104; S v.261; A ii.8; Ud 63; also in dhamma --
kathika, dh -- anudh˚ -- pa&i panna, di&&ha -- dhamma -- nibb!na -- patta S ii.18=114= iii.163; & in attha'
aññ!ya, dhamma' aññ!ya, dhanudh˚ -- pa&ipanna A i.36; ii.97. -- akkh!na discussing or preaching of the
Dhamma Nd1 91; -- atthadesan! interpretation of the Dh. Miln 21; -- âdhikara*a a point in the Dh. S iv.63=
v.346; -- âdhipa Lord of righteousness (+anudhamma -- c!rin) A i.150; cp. ˚ss!mi; nt. abstr. ˚âdhipateyya
the dominating influence of the Dh. A i.147 sq.; D iii.220; Miln 94; Vism 14. -- ânudhamma see above C 4;
-- anuvattin acting in conformity with the moral law Dh 86, cp. DhA ii.161; -- ânus!rin of righteous living
D iii.105, 254 (+saddh!˚); M i.226, 479; A i.74; iv.215; iv.23; S v.200; Pug 15; Nett 112, 189; -- anvaya
main drift of the faith, general conclusions of the Dh., D ii.83= iii.100; M ii.120; -- abhisamaya
understanding of the Truth, conversion to the Dhamma [cp. dharmâbhisamaya Divy 200] S ii.134 (+dh. --
cakkhu -- pa&il!bha): Pug 41; Miln 20; DhA i.27; iv.64; PvA 31 etc.; -- âmata the nectar of righteousness or
the Dh. Miln 22 (˚meghena loka' abhitappayanto), 346; -- !d!sa the mirror of the Dhamma D ii.93 (name
of an aphorism) S v.357 (id.); Th 1, 395; ThA 179; -- !yatana the field of objects of ideation S ii.72; Dhs
58, 66, 147, 397, 572, 594; Vbh 70, 72 sq.; -- !ramma*a: dh. as an object of ideation Dhs 146, 157, 365; cp.
Dhs. trsl. 2; -- !r!ma "one who has the Dh. as his pleasure -- ground," one who rejoices in the Dh. A
iii.431; It 82 (+dh -- rata); Sn 327; Dh 364, cp. DhA iv.95; -- !lapana using the proper address, a fit mode
of addressing a person as followed by the right custom. See Dial. i.193 -- 196; J v.418; -- !sana "the Dh --
seat," i. e. flat piece of stone or a mat on which a priest sat while preaching J i.53; DhA ii.31; -- ûposatha
the fast day prescribed by the Dh. A i.208; -- okk! the torch of Righteousness J i.34; -- oja the essence or
sap of the Dh. S v.162; DhA iv.169; -- osadha the medicine of the Dh. Miln 110, 335. -- kath! ethical
discussion, fit utterance, conversation about the Dh., advice D iii.151; J i.217; VvA 6; PvA 50, 66; --
kathika (adj.) one who converses about ethical problems, one who recites or preaches the Dh., one who
speaks fitly or properly. Often in combn. with Vinaya -- dhara "one who masters (knows by heart) the
Vinaya," & bahussuta "one who has a wide knowledge of tradition": Vin iv.10, 13, 141; A iii.78; DhA
ii.30; also with suttantika "one who is versed in the Suttantas": Vin i.169; ii.75; iv.67. The ability to preach
the Dh. is the first condition of one who wishes to become perfected in righteousness (see dhamm --
ânudhamma, above C 4): S ii.18, 114=iii.163; M iii.40. -- A i.25 sq.; ii.138; Pug 42; J i.217; iv.2 (˚thera).
Cp. also Av- ii.81; -- kathikatta (nt.) speaking about the Dh.; preaching M iii.40; A i.38 (+vinayadhara --
katta); -- kamma a legally valid act, or procedure in accordance with the Rules of the Order Vin iv.37, 136,