अधर्मadharma

अधर्म (adharma) is a Sanskrit word meaning unrighteousness, injustice, or wickedness, demerit, guilt, name of a Prajapati, an attendant of the sun, a Prajapati, son of Brahma and husband of Hinsa or Mrsha, unrighteousness, breach of duty, or injustice. Its 14 recorded definitions are grouped into 5 contexts, among them Abstract: Unrighteousness, Injustice, Demerit, Mythological Figure: Puranic Prajāpati/Son of Brahmā, Feminine Personification (Adharmā).

Definitions: 14

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Meanings by context

Abstract: Unrighteousness, Injustice, Demerit

8 definitions

unrighteousness, injustice, or wickedness

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

demerit, guilt

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Unrighteousness, breach of duty, or injustice.

— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Behaviour contrary to religious and civil law. 2. Unrighteousness or injustice.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

unrighteousness, injustice, or demerit

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Unrighteousness or injustice contrary to religious and legal institutions. 2. Moral demerit causing pain and leading to transmigration. 3. A personified Prajapati son of Brahma.

— Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

unrighteousness

— Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary

1. Unrighteousness, injustice, irreligion, wickedness, demerit, or guilt. 2. A Prajapati, son of Brahma and husband of Hinsa or Mrsha. 3. An attendant of the sun.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

Mythological Figure: Puranic Prajāpati/Son of Brahmā

3 definitions

Name of a Prajapati

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. A son of Brahma born from his back, with Mrsha as his wife. 2. A concept characterized by pride, luxury, and intoxication, having Dambha as a son and Maya as a daughter. 3. That which has five branches consisting of vidharma, paradharma, abhasa, upama, and chhala.

— The Purana Index

The wife of Adharma, with sons Nikriti and Anrita.

— The Purana Index

Feminine Personification (Adharmā)

1 definition

unrighteousness

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Mythological Figure: Mahabharata Personification

1 definition

injustice

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

Mythological Role: Attendant of the Sun

1 definition

an attendant of the sun

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

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Definitions on this page come from 9 works: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), The Purana Index, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.