Abhidharma

English

Alternative forms

• Abhidhamma

Etymology

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

Noun

Abhidharma pl (plural only)

1. (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

a major canon of Buddhist scripture

• Bengali: অভিধর্ম্ম (ôbhidhôrmm)
• Burmese: အဘိဓမ္မာ (my) (a.bhi.dhamma)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿毗達磨

• Japanese: 阿毘達磨 (abidatsuma)
• Khmer: អភិធម្ម (km) (ʼɑɑphɨtmmɔɔ)
• Korean: 아비달마 (ko) (abidalma)
• Mon: အဘိဓဝ်
• Pali: Abhidhamma
• Shan: ဢၽီႉထမ်ႇမႃႇ (ʼǎ phḭ̂i thàm màa)
• Sinhalese: අභිධර්මය (abhidharmaya)
• Thai: อภิธรรม (à-pí-tam)
• Tibetan: ཆོས་མངོན་པ་མཛོད། (chos mngon pa mdzod)
• Vietnamese: A-tì-đạt-ma