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Choultry |
A dharmashala, ashram, monastery, or community center.
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Dalai Lama |
(1935-) Spiritual leader of Tibet. Nobel Laureate (1989), now lives in Dharmashala in Himachal Pradesh after fleeing to India in 1959.
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Dharma |
Ethical code, religious practice; it also has a deeper meaning of being righteous, being fair and adhering to nature.
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Dharma Shastra |
Hindu texts of versified instruction on morals and law.
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Dharma Sutra |
Hindu texts in prose form on ethics and code of conduct.
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Dharmananda Kosambi |
(1876-1947) Great Orientalist and Buddhist scholar who taught at Harward and Univ. of Leningrad; an associate of Mahatma Gandhi and an advocate of Ahimsa
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Dharmapala |
A defender of Buddhist teachings
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Dharmashala |
rest house for pilgrims; a choultry
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Dharmavijaya |
A term found on Ashokan incriptions that refers to "Conquest without Annexation"
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Hayagriva |
One of the Dharmapalas
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Sanatana Dharma |
What Hindus call their Hindusim. The word Hindu itself is of foreign origin.
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Yudhisthira |
a.k.a. Dharmaraya son of Kunti and Pandu, with the blessings of Yama
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