Abhidharman.
/ˌabɪˈdɑːmə/, /əbɪˈdɑːmə/, U.S. /ˌæbiˈdɑrmə/, /əbiˈdɑrmə/ Buddhism.
The name of a psychological and philosophical system dedicated to experiential analysis of mental and physical states, alongside their related processes; spec. (chiefly with the) (the name of) one of the three divisions of the Tripitaka, the sacred canon of Theravada Buddhism. Also as a count noun: an individual work of this type. Cf. Abhidhamma n., Pitaka n.In Theravada Buddhism the related term Abhidhamma n. is typically used.
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1832 Jrnl. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 1 6 Kasyapa..directs 500 superior monks to make a compilation of the doctrines of their master. The Do is also compiled by Ananda;..and the Ma-moon, Abhidharma, or Prájná-páramita, by himself.
1989 P. Williams Mahāyāna Buddhism (2004) i. 14 The Abhidharmas we have now appear to be a product of the period between Aśoka (third century BCE) and Kaniṡka (first or second century CE).
1995 Tricycle Spring 67/1 Certain emotions are unwholesome, the abhidharma teaches. We must do whatever we can to diminish their influence in our minds.
2017 Philos. Stud. 174 1717 Buddhist philosophers belonging to the school of Abhidharma engaged in an extraordinarily sophisticated analysis of the experiential dimension of a first-person perspective.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).
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