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Dhamma written in ten different scripts
Dhamma written in ten different scripts
  • Dhamma - (Pali, the language of the oldest, original teachings of Buddha)
  • Dharma - (Sanskrit, the language of the Mahayana Buddhist scriptures and those of some of the other older Dharma Paths)


  • 1. The Buddha’s teachings.
  • 2. Truth
  • 3. Wisdom
  • 4. A natural condition
  • 5. Mental quality.


  • 1. Dhammic - acting in accordance with the Buddha’s teachings, the Dhamma.





The Six Qualities of The Dhamma

Anguttara Nikaya 11.12 The Six qualities of the Dhamma:







Dhamma written in ten major scripts

Dhamma is a Pali word but Pali does not have a script of its own. It uses the script of various languages where the Dhamma is being taught. The Tipitaka was an oral tradition and written down in the first century BCE in the Pali language, using the Sinhala script. But several hundred years before that, King Ashoka had many edicts written in Magadhi and other languages similar to Pali using the Brahmi script. Listed above is the word Dhamma written in ten major scripts. Notice that the Brahmi script has the first character which makes the "Dha" sound and is almost identical to our letter "D."

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