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सहधार्मिक (sahadhArmika)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
sahadhārmika, adj. (to prec., q.v., plus -ika
= Pali sahadhammika, which in the Dictt. is sometimes assigned this mg., sometimes defined co-religionist, a mg. which need, and prob. should, never be assumed in BHS, nor, I suspect, in Pali), consonant with the (true) Doctrine
m., of a person, one who lives in consonance therewith (the mg. having the same doctrine is given by Wogiharaʼs Chin. renderings in Bbh 〔Index〕 but is never necessary and sometimes impossible): °ke dharmaśravaṇe Śikṣ 〔55.6〕
°keno (m.c. for °kena) vacanena 〔194.7〕 (vs), cf. Pali sahadhammiko vādānuvādo Vin. 〔i.234.19—20〕, °ke vuccamāne Dhs. 〔1327〕
personal, yā ca °kasya darśanenābhipramodanā Bbh 〔30.11〕, joy at sight of one who is true to the Doctrine
°kaṃ ca dṛṣṭvā sumanā bhavati 〔184.26〕
(bodhisattvo vṛddhatarakaṃ guṇavantaṃ …) °kaṃ dṛṣṭvā 〔161.12〕
°kasya bodhisattvasya kṛtapraṇidhānatayā 〔152.24〕, because a Bodhisattva that is consistent with the doctrine has (must necessarily have) made an ‘earnest wish’ (vow for enlightenment)
in the last the alleged meaning co-religionist is peculiarly impossible, but nevertheless given by Wogiharaʼs Chin. (of the same Doctrine). On the Pali mg. see esp. Mahāniddesa 〔485.16〕 (a gloss on Sn 〔965〕) paradhammikā vuccanti satta sahadhammike ṭhapetvā ye keci Buddhe appasannā … (also dhamme, saṃghe), te bhikkhū etc.
note that even the paradhammikā here are monks, but have no faith in the Buddha etc.
in contrast the sahadhammikā (of seven sorts
which seven?) are in accord with the true doctrine.