English Explanatory Dictionary

Abhidharma

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

Abhidharma Abhidhamma

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अभिधर्म (abhidharma, literally “higher dharma”).

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