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'''Adharma''' is the [[Sanskrit]] [[antonym]] of '''[[Dharma]]'''. It means 'that which is not in accord with the law' - referring to both the human written law and the divinely given law of nature. Connotations include [[unnaturalness]], [[wrongness]], [[evil]], [[immorality]], [[wickedness]], or [[vice]]. |
'''Adharma'''<ref> Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on the Bhagavad-Gita, a New Translation and Commentary, Chapter 1-6. Penguin Books, 1969, p 64-66 (v 40-41), p 262-263 (v 7)</ref> is the [[Sanskrit]] [[antonym]] of '''[[Dharma]]'''. It means 'that which is not in accord with the law' - referring to both the human written law and the divinely given law of nature. Connotations include [[unnaturalness]], [[wrongness]], [[evil]], [[immorality]], [[wickedness]], or [[vice]]. |
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Adharma[1] is the Sanskrit antonym of Dharma. It means 'that which is not in accord with the law' - referring to both the human written law and the divinely given law of nature. Connotations include unnaturalness, wrongness, evil, immorality, wickedness, or vice.
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- ^ Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on the Bhagavad-Gita, a New Translation and Commentary, Chapter 1-6. Penguin Books, 1969, p 64-66 (v 40-41), p 262-263 (v 7)
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