dharmarāja(n) (7820)
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Entry 7820, Page 280, Col. 2 -
(DarmarAja, DarmarAja(n)
dharmarāja(n)¦, (mgs. 1 and 2 = Pali dhammarāja), (1) king of the doctrine or religious, righteous king, ep. of Buddha: LV 214.13; 395.9; 426.19; 437.18; °ja-putra (= jina-putra etc., of disciples or Bodhisattvas) Mvy 1090; (2) lawful (or righteous) king, as standing epithet of a cakravartin (cf. Pali DN comm. i.249.29, glossed dham- mena rajjaṃ labhitvā rājā jāto ti): Mvy 3618; LV 14.3; 101.13; (3) n. of a former Buddha: Mv i.138.2 (°jaḥ).