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dharmma ~ dharma ~ dhārmma /dharˈmaː > dhar/ A1778     [Pre-Angkorian dharmma ~ dharmme; mod. Khmer ធម៌ dharm /thoːər/ and Pālicized Khmer ធម្ម dhamm /thoəm/;1 Sanskrit dharma `natural order, esp. law, justice; virtue, good works, religious merit; religious devotion', < √dhṛ `to hold, bear, maintain, preserve']. definitions 1 n. Established (natural, cosmic, social) order, the absence of imbalance: right, justice, equity; law, rule; custom, tradition. 2 n. Adherence to or respect for order, prescribed conduct, virtue, morality. 3 n. Act of piety or devotion, good or pious works. 4 n. Ethical precepts (of Buddhism), the Buddhist doctrine or Law. see: māheśvarānvayadharmma, śivadharmma, ʼadharmakarmma references dhārmma: K.659:13 (A.D. 968, C V:143); K.255:12 (A.D. 978, BEFEO, XXXVII:379, APK II:85); dharma: K.413D:9 (A.D. 1361, BEFEO, LXV:333); dharmma: passim, 136 occurrences of which the earliest is K.713B:11 (A.D. 893). citations nau ru kula ... varddhe paripālana dharmma neḥ svey phala samabhāga nu vraḥ kamrateṅ ʼañ śrī yogīśvarapandita (K.211:4-5), `Members of my] family ... who promote [and] keep this pious work shall enjoy blessings in equal measure with My Holy High Lord Śrī Yogīśvarapaṇḍita'. saṃtec pavitra ñāpta beda sāstrāgama dharmma nyāya phoṅ ... (K.413B:2-3), `The sacred sovereign had been instructed in the Veda, the sacred texts, the Dharma, [and] the rules ... '. notes 1 Headley, 556b: ``n. the Dhamma or Dharma, the ultimate reality / constituent (according to Buddhist teachings); right, virtue, righteousness, generosity; the (natural) order of things, cosmic law; law, doctrine; Buddhist law / doctrine; moral principles; nature''.