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dhammarājena

dhammarāja

masc instr sg of dhammarāja (noun)

1. just king; righteous ruler; benign dictator
2. king of the Dhamma; epithet of the Buddha

Etymology. dhamma + rāja; Sanskrit dharmarāja

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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