Abhidharma
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Sanskrit अभिधर्म (abhidharma, literally “higher dharma”).
Noun edit
Abhidharma 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 edit
a major canon of Buddhist scripture
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