The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

i.65; iv.63 (a poem Sn 190 -- 218, where also it is called a dh˚pariy!yo); A v.288, 291. Such a dh˚pariy!ya
had very often a special name. Thus Brahmaj!la, the Wondrous Net D i.46; Dhamm!d!so dh˚p˚, the Mirror
of the Law D ii.93=S v.357; Sokasallahara*a, Sorrow's dart extractor A iii.62; 4dittap˚ dh˚p˚, the Red --
hot lancet S iv.168; Lomaha'sana˚ M i.83; Dhammat! -- dhamma˚ Miln 193, etc. -- p!la guardian of the
Law or the Dh. J v.222, freq. also as Np.; -- p"ti ( -- rasa) the sweetness of drinking in the Dh. (piva') Sn
257; Dh 79 (=dhammap!yako dhamma' pivanto ti attho DhsA ii.126); -- bha*.!g!rika treasurer of the Dh.,
an Ep. of 4nanda Th 1, 1048; J i.382, 501; ii.25; DhA iii.250; PvA 2. -- bh(ta having become the Dh.;
righteousness incorporated, said of the Buddhas D iii.84. Usually in phrase (Bhagav!) cakkhu -- bh(ta . . .
dh -- bh(ta brahmabh(ta A v.226 sq. (cp. cakkhu); Th 1, 491; see also above, note B 1 a; -- bheri the drum
of the Dh. Miln 21; -- magga the path of righteousness Sn 696; Miln 21; -- maya made (built) of the Dh.
(p!s!da) S i.137; -- yanta the (sugar -- ) mill of the Dh. (fig.) Miln 166. -- y!na the vehicle of the Law (the
eightfold Noble Path) S v.5; -- rakkhita rightly guarded Sn 288; -- rata fond of the Law Sn 327; Dh 364;
DhA iv.95; cp. dh. -- [gat!]rati Th i.742; Dhp. 354; -- rasa taste of Dhp. 354; -- r!j! king of righteousness,
Ep. of the Buddha S i.33=55; D i.88 (of a cakkavatti); A i.109; iii.149; Sn 554; J i.262; interpreted by
Bdhgh at DA i.249 as "dhammena rajja' labhitv! r!j! j!to ti"=a king who gained the throne legitimately; --
laddha one who has acquired the Dh., holy, pious S ii.21; J iii.472; justly acquired (bhog!) Sn p. 87; -- vara
the best of truths or the most excellent Doctrine Sn 233, 234; -- v!din speaking properly, speaking the truth
or according to the Doctrine Vin ii.285; iii.175 (+Vinaya -- v!din); D iii.135 (id.); D i.4, 95 (of Gotama;
DA i.76: nava -- lokuttara -- dhamma sannissita' katv! vadati); S iv.252; A i.75; ii.209; -- vicaya
investigation of doctrine, religious research Dhs 16, 20, 90, 309, 333, 555; Vbh 106; Vism 132; -- vitakka
righteous thought A i.254; -- vid( one who understands the Dh., an expert in the Dh. J v.222; vi.261; --
vinicchaya righteous decision, discrimination of the truth Sn 327; Dh 144; DhA iii.86; -- vih!rin living
according to the Dh. A iii.86 sq.; -- sa'vibh!ga sharing out or distribution of the Dh., i. e. spiritual gifts It
98 (opp. !misa˚ material gifts); -- sang!haka a compiler of the sacred scriptures, a diaskeuasth/s VvA 3,
169; -- saññ! righteous thought, faith, piety PvA 3; -- sabh! a hall for the discussion of the Dh., a chapel,
meetinghouse J vi.333; DhA i.31; ii.51; iv.91; PvA 38, 196; -- samaya a meeting where the Dh. is preached
S i.26; -- sam!d!na acquisition of the Dh., which is fourfold as discussed at M i.305; D iii.229; -- sara*a
relying on or putting one's faith in the Dh. (see above C 3) D iii.58, 77; S v.154; -- savana hearing the
preaching of the Dh., "going to church" Vin i.101; M ii.175; A ii.248, 381; iv.361; Sn 265; DhA iii.190; --
s!kaccha conversation about the Dh. Sn 266; -- ss!mi Lord of the Truth, Ep. of the Buddha (see above B 1
a note) S iv.94; -- s!ra the essence of the Dh. S v.402; -- s!rathi in purisa -- dh. -- s˚ at D i.62 misprint for
purisa -- damma -- s˚; -- s!rin a follower of the Dh. S i.170; -- sudhammat! excellency of the Dh. S ii.199;
Th 1, 24, 220, 270, 286; -- sen!pati "captain of the Dhamma," Ep. of S!riputta Th 1, 1083; J i.408; Miln
343; DhA iii.305; VvA 64, 65, 158; -- so*.at! thirst after justice J v.482; -- sota the ear of the Dh. S ii.43.
Dhamma
Dhamma2 (adj.) [Sk. *dh!rma, cp. dhammika] only in f. -- " in combn with kath!: relating to the Dhamma,
viz. conversation on questions of Ethics, speaking about the Dh., preaching, religious discourse, sermon.
Either as dhamm" kath! Vin ii.161; iv.56 & in instr. -- abl. dhammiy! kath!ya (sandasseti sam!dapeti
samuttejeti sa'paha'seti: ster. formula) S i.114, 155, 210, iv.122, PvA 30 etc.; or as cpd. dhamm" -- kath!
D ii.1; M i.161; Sn 325; & dhammi -- kath! S i.155; PvA 38.
Dhamma
Dhamma3 (adj.) [Sk. dhanvan] having a bow: see da)ha˚; also as dhammin in da)ha˚ S i.185 (see dhammin).
Dhammat!
Dhammat! (f.) [Sk. dharmit!] conformity to the Dhamma- niy!ma (see niy!ma), fitness, propriety; a
general rule, higher law, cosmic law, general practice, regular phenomenon, usual habit; often used in the
sense of a finite verb: it is a rule, it is proper, one should expect S i.140 (Buddh!na' dh. the law of the B.'s
i. e. as one is wont to expect of the B.s), 215 (su˚); iv.216 sq. (khaya˚ etc.); D ii.12; A ii.36 (kusala˚); v.46;
Th 1, 712; J i.245; ii.128; Nett 21, 50, cp. Miln 179; PvA 19; VvA 7. See also Av- Index.