Abhidharma
English
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editEtymology
editBorrowed from Sanskrit अभिधर्म (abhidharma, literally “higher dharma”).
Noun
editAbhidharma pl (plural only)
- (Buddhism) 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.
Translations
edita major canon of Buddhist scripture
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