different between dharma vs sangha

English

Alternative forms

• Dharma

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit ???? (dhárma, “that which upholds or supports”). The definitions pertaining to Buddhism are influenced by English dhamma. Doublet of dhamma and firm.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d??m?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?d??.m?/
• (Indian English) IPA^(key): /?d????.m?/, /d????m/
• Rhymes: -??(r)m?

Noun

dharma (countable and uncountable, plural dharmas)

1. (Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism) The natural order of the universe; natural law, cosmic order.

   Antonym: adharma

2. (Hinduism) One's obligation in respect to one's position in society, one's duty.
3. (Buddhism) The teachings of the Buddha as one's personal path to enlightenment.
4. (Buddhism) The teachings of the Buddha as a practice to be promulgated and taught.

Translations

Derived terms

• dharmic, Dharmic

See also

• karma

Balinese

Romanization

dharma

1. Romanization of ???

Dutch

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit ???? (dharma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?r.ma?/
• Hyphenation: dhar?ma
• Rhymes: -?rma?

Noun

dharma m (uncountable)

1. dharma (order of the universe, society, etc.; one's social or religious duty in Hinduism; teachings of the Buddha)

Derived terms

• dharmisch

Irish

Noun

dharma m (genitive singular dharma)

1. Alternative spelling of darma

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit ???? (dharma, “that which upholds or supports”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?dar.ma/
• Rhymes: -arma
• Hyphenation: dhàr?ma

Noun

dharma m (invariable)

1. dharma

Portuguese

Noun

dharma m (plural dharmas)

1. Alternative spelling of darma

English

Alternative forms

• samgha

Etymology

Sanskrit ???? (sa?gha, “heap, multitude, crowd”).

Noun

sangha (plural sanghas)

1. The community of all followers of the Buddha; the ecclesia in which the devout take refuge; those who have "entered the stream" towards nirvana; as one of the three jewels of Buddhism.
2. The Buddhist congregation including laypersons and the "religious" (renunciate monks and nuns who have taken vows).

Derived terms

• cybersangha

Translations

See also

• bodhicitta
• Buddha-nature
• dharma
• enlightenment
• four noble truths
• nirvana
• six perfections
• sunyata

Anagrams

• Hagans, Saghan