Dharmapasha, Dharmapāśa, Dharma-pasha: 4 definitions
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Dharmapasha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit term Dharmapāśa can be transliterated into English as Dharmapasa or Dharmapasha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryDharmapāśa (धर्मपाश).—m. the noose of the god of justice.
Dharmapāśa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms dharma and pāśa (पाश).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryDharmapāśa (धर्मपाश):—[=dharma-pāśa] [from dharma > dhara] m. ‘band of l° or duty’, Name of a [particular] mythical weapon, [Rāmāyaṇa]
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Partial matches: Pasha, Dharma, Paca, Tarma.
Full-text: Astra.
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Ramayana of Valmiki (by Hari Prasad Shastri)
Chapter 27 - Shri Rama is given the celestial weapons < [Book 1 - Bala-kanda]
Nitiprakasika (Critical Analysis) (by S. Anusha)
Saṃhāra weapons (1): Sopasaṃhāra-astras < [Chapter 3]
Sarga II: Dhanurveda-viveka-kathana (64 Verses) < [Chapter 2]
Ramayana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)
Chapter XXVII < [Book 1 - Bāla-kāṇḍa]