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adhammena

adhamma

masc instr sg of adhamma (noun); masc instr sg of adhamma (adj); nt instr sg of adhamma (adj)

1. adhamma (masc): misconduct; immoral behaviour; unjust means; cheating
2. adhamma (masc): false teaching; something opposed to the teaching
3. adhamma (adj): unlawful; illegal
4. adhammena (ind): unrighteously; unethically; impiously; immorally; lit. not with the law
5. adhammena (ind): unlawfully; illegally; lit. not with the law
6. adhamma (masc): name of a spirit
7. adhamma (adj): incorrect; immoral; unrighteous; lit. against the teaching

Etymology. na > a + √dhar + ma; from √dhar 'hold, carry, endure'; Sanskrit adharma [dhṛ]

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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