ධම‍්ම
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Pali
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Noun
[edit]ධම‍්ම m
- Sinhala script form of dhamma (“righteousness”)
- 2006, The First Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Dīgha-Nikāya (I)[1], page 2:
- තත්‍ර සුදං සුප‍්පියො පරිබ‍්බාජකො අනෙකපරියායෙන බුද‍්ධස‍්ස අවණ‍්ණං භාසති, ධම‍්මස‍්ස අවණ‍්ණං භාසති, සඞ‍්ඝස‍්ස අවණ‍්ණං භාසති.
- Tatra sudaṃ suppiyo paribbājako anekapariyāyena buddhassa avaṇṇaṃ bhāsati, dhammassa avaṇṇaṃ bhāsati, saṅghassa avaṇṇaṃ bhāsati.
- Now just then Suppiya the mendicant was speaking in many ways in dispraise of the Buddha, in dispraise of the Doctrine, in dispraise of the Order.
- c. 50 BC, The Buddha, Dhammapada(pāḷi), Yamakavagga, page 26; republished in The Eighteenth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Khuddaka-Nikāya[2], Colombo, 2009:
- 5. න හි වෙරෙන වෙරාචී සම‍්මන‍්තීධ කුදාචනං 5
අඞවරෙන ච සම‍්මන‍්ති එස ධම‍්මො සනන‍්තනො.- 5. Na hi verena verāni sammantīdha kudācanaṃ 5
Averena ca sammanti esa dhammo sanantano. - 5. For in this world hatreds are not ever settled by hatred,
but are settled by love. This is an eternal truth. - (literally, “5. For in this world hatreds are not ever settled by hatred,
but are settled by love. This truth is eternal.”)
- 5. Na hi verena verāni sammantīdha kudācanaṃ 5
Declension
[edit]Declension table of "ධම‍්ම" (masculine)
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | ධම‍්මො (dhammo) | ධම‍්මා (dhammā) |
| Accusative (second) | ධම‍්මං (dhammaṃ) | ධම‍්මෙ (dhamme) |
| Instrumental (third) | ධම‍්මෙන (dhammena) | ධම‍්මෙහි (dhammehi) or ධම‍්මෙභි (dhammebhi) |
| Dative (fourth) | ධම‍්මස‍්ස (dhammassa) or ධම‍්මාය (dhammāya) or ධම‍්මත්‍ථං (dhammatthaṃ) | ධම‍්මානං (dhammānaṃ) |
| Ablative (fifth) | ධම‍්මස‍්මා (dhammasmā) or ධම‍්මම‍්හා (dhammamhā) or ධම‍්මා (dhammā) | ධම‍්මෙහි (dhammehi) or ධම‍්මෙභි (dhammebhi) |
| Genitive (sixth) | ධම‍්මස‍්ස (dhammassa) | ධම‍්මානං (dhammānaṃ) |
| Locative (seventh) | ධම‍්මස‍්මිං (dhammasmiṃ) or ධම‍්මම‍්හි (dhammamhi) or ධම‍්මෙ (dhamme) | ධම‍්මෙසු (dhammesu) |
| Vocative (calling) | ධම‍්ම (dhamma) | ධම‍්මා (dhammā) |