adharmaḥ [na. ta.] 1 Unrighteousness, irreligion, impiousness, wickedness, injustice; °daṃḍanaṃ Ms. 8. 127 unjust punishment; adharmeṇa unjustly, in an improper way; yaścādharmeṇa pṛcchati Ms. 2. 111; an unjust act; a guilty or wicked deed; sin; °cārin committing unjust or unrighteous deeds; so °ātman of an irreligious spirit; tadākathaṃ °bhīruḥ Ś. 5; °maya full of wickedness or sin; for definitions &c. of dharma and adharma See Tarka K. P. 19. (dharma and adharma are two of the 24 qualities mentioned in Nyāya, and they pertain only to the soul. They are the peculiar causes of pleasure and pain respectively. They are imperceptible, but inferred from reasoning and from transmigration.) 2 N. of a Prajāpati or of an attendant of the sun. —rmā Unrighteousness personified. —rmaṃ Devoid of attributes, an epithet of brahman. Comp.—astikāyaḥ the category of adharma, See astikāya.
adharmaḥ [na. ta.] 1 Unrighteousness, irreligion, impiousness, wickedness, injustice; ˚daṇḍanam Ms.8.127 unjust punishment; adharmeṇa unjustly, in an improper way; yaścādharmeṇa pṛcchati Ms.2.111; an unjust act; a guilty or wicked deed; sin; ˚cārin committing unjust or unrighteous deeds; so ˚ātman of an irreligious spirit; tadā katham˚ bhīruḥ Ś.5; ˚maya full of wickedness or sin; for definitions &c. of dharma and adharma See Tarka K. P.19. (dharma and adharma are two of the 24 qualities mentioned in Nyāya, and they pertain only to the soul. They are the peculiar causes of pleasure and pain respectively. They are imperceptible, but inferred from reasoning and from transmigration.) -2 N. of a Prajāpati or of an attendant of the sun. -rmā Unrighteousness personified. -rmam Devoid of attributes, an epithet of brahmana-Comp. -astikāyaḥ the category of adharma, See astikāya.