1. normal custom, habit; what is to be expected; the usual way.
2. the real nature of things; how things are.

conformity to the Dhammaniyāma (see niyāma), fitness, propriety; a general rule higher law, cosmic law, general practice, regular phenomenon usual habit; often used in the sense of …

conformity to the doctrine; right method

the not being liable to fail or be wanting; the having qualities which are not liable to fail (?):

[abstr. to anudhamma) lawfulness, conformity to the Dhamma AN.ii.46; Pts.i.35, Pts.i.36.

…Pv-a.16, Pv-a.19 (hitatthadhammatā “fitness of the best sense”, i.e. practical application), Pv-a.71. Very frequent in Commentary style at…

…DN.iii.33; MN.i.326; Iti.76; Ja.iv.484; Ja.vi.482 (˚dhammatā).

from cavati

…DN.i.190; DA on DN.ii.12: dhammatā (˚ka);

• -niyāmatā, certainty, or orderliness of causes and effects SN.ii.25;…

…in the five-fold order (dhammatā or niyama) of the cosmos: k˚-niyama DA. on D 11, 12; Dhs-a. 272; Cp. compounds: kammaja (resulting from…

…AN.v.143 sq.;

• -dhammatā liability to destruction SN.iv.217
• -dhātu the element or…

…Thag-a.35 (anupattidhammatā˚)
■ At Thag.47 Kern (

Toevoegselen

ii.138) proposes to read tuyhaṃ padāne for T. tuyh’…

…(sankhārāṇaṃ khaya-dhammatā; id. with vaya˚, virāga˚, nirodha etc.); Snp.731 (yaṃ kiñci dukkhaṃ sambhoti sabbaṃ…

…AN.i.253; Vin.ii.59. -dhammatā good nature, good character, goodness, virtue Ja.ii.159; Ja.v.357; Ja.vi.527….

Takka¹

doubt; a doubtful view (often diṭṭhi, appl. like sammā˚, micchā-diṭṭhi), hair-splitting reasoning, sophistry (= itihītihaṃ Cnd.151). Opp. to takka (= micchā-sankappo Vb.86, Vb.35 …

…(paṭividdha-lok’uttara-dhammatāya uttama-bhāvaṃ patta).

• -attharaṇa upper cover Ja.vi.253. *…

…= kalyāṇa-kusala-dhammatā AN.ii.36; used in apposition with dhamma and kusala DN.ii.151; MN.ii.181, MN.ii.197; is replaced herein by…