α. 1800s– dharmic.
β. 1900s– dharmaic.
dharmicadj.
/ˈdɑːmɪk/, U.S. /ˈdɑrmɪk/ Of, relating to, or in accordance with dharma (dharma n.).
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1875 Athenæum 26 June 858/2 Mr. Pincott endeavoured to show that the so-called Dharmic emblem, consisting of a crescent, mounted upon a disc and a parallelogram, was not..of Sabian origin.
1968 G. Snyder Let. 7 Oct. in A. Ginsberg & G. Snyder Sel. Lett. (2009) 108 It would have been more proper and dharmic to have been more open and playful, all of us.
1996 R. Mistry Fine Balance (1997) iii. 101 The remedy, the Pandits advised, was to be more vigilant in the observance of the dharmic order.
2010 N.Y. Times Mag. 25 July 42/2 I realized that I was not fully aligned with Mr. Iyengar's philosophy and method, so it was not dharmic of me to continue to use his name to describe my teaching style.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).
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