Abhidharma
| Key Term | Abhidharma |
|---|---|
| In Tibetan Script | ཆོས་མངོན་པ། |
| Wylie Tibetan Transliteration | chos mngon pa |
| Devanagari Sanskrit Script | अभिधर्म |
| Romanized Sanskrit | abhidharma |
| Tibetan Phonetic Rendering | Cho ngonpa |
| Chinese Script | 阿毗达磨 |
| Chinese Pinyin | āpídámó |
| English Standard | abhidharma |
| Jeffrey Hopkin's English Term | manifest knowledge |
| Term Type | Noun |
| Source Language | Sanskrit |
| Basic Meaning | Abhidharma generally refers to the corpus of Buddhist texts which deals with the typological phenomenological, metaphysical and epistemological presentation of Buddhist concepts and teachings. The Abhidharma teachings present a meta-knowledge of Buddhist sūtras through analytical and systemic schemas and is said to focus on developing wisdom among the three principles of training. |
| Has the Sense of | The terms has the sense of making knowledge and meaning manifest through a intelligent analysis and systematic presentation. |
| Related Terms | sūtra;vinaya |
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