The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (647 page)

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). In modern Western usage it generally, and perhaps inadequately, simply indicates ‘the absolute’.
Dharmaguru
(Orthodox Hindu)
:
see
N
SIK
.
Dharmakara
(name of king who vowed to found a Buddha-land)
:
see
AMIDA
.
Dharmak
ya
.
(One of three aspects of the buddha-nature)
:
see
TRIK
YA
.
Dharmak
rti
.
A Yog
c
ra/Vijñ
nav
da Buddhist logician of the 7th cent. CE, and author of seven treatises originally intended as commentaries on the work of
Dign
ga
but eventually superseding the latter as the basic materials for the traditional study of Buddhist logic and epistemology.

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