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Dharma

2 stages from Sanskrit to English.

Today it means one's righteous duty or the cosmic law underlying right conduct, in Hindu and Buddhist thought
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Stage 1 of 2
dharma
Sanskrit · ancient
"duty, law, cosmic order"
duty, law, or cosmic order, a central concept in Hindu and Buddhist thought
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Stage 2 of 2
dharma
English · 1800s
"one's duty or righteous path in life"
adopted directly by scholars of Hindu and Buddhist philosophy
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