DarmaDAtu
dharma-dhātu , ( 1 ) m. ( cf. Pali dhamma-dhātu), sphere of religion ; regularly rendered by Tib. chos kyi ( of religion ) dbyiṅs (whereas khams is the usual Tib. for dhātu , q.v. ); acc. to Das , dbyiṅs = space, expanse; sphere … also that which is massed in indefinite compass : tulye (so read with WT ) nāma dharmadhātu-praveśe SP 60.8 , see s.v. tulya ; dharmadhātu-gagana-gocarāṇāṃ tathāgatamahājñāna-sūryacandramasāṃ Gv 500.8 ( the sun and moon of the great knowledge of the Tathāgata have the heaven of the sphere of religion as their scope, gocara ); °tum eva vicārayamāṇo RP 4.10 ( meditating on … ); sarva-dharmadhātu-prasṛtaṃ tathāgatajñānam RP 4.12 ; dharmadhātuviśuddhiḥ Mvy 110 , as one of the five jñāna , q.v. (where note variant of Dharmas 94 ); śive virajase 'mṛte dharmadhātau pratiṣṭhāpayiṣyati LV 227.1 , he will establish (creatures) in the auspicious, pure, immortal sphere-of-religion ; (parijñāto) dharmadhātur vyavasthāpitaḥ sattvadhātuḥ LV 351.9 , he (Buddha) has completely understood the sphere of religion and established the ‘sphere’ ( community, mass ; see s.v. dhātu 6) of creatures (presumably sc. in religion); dharmadhātu-paramāṇy ākāśadhātuparyavasānāni sarvabuddhakṣetrāṇy LV 290.7—8 ( … which make the sphere of religion their supreme interest …? but Tib. chos kyi dbyiṅs kyis klas pa , prob. which are beyond the [Page279-a] dharmadhātu , otherwise Foucaux ); dharmadhātv-asaṃbheda-cakraṃ LV 423.1 , wheel that causes no confusion in the sphere of religion ; ananta-madhya-dharmadhātvavikopana-cakraṃ 3; dharmadhātu-samavasaraṇa-cakraṃ 7, wheel of attainment (see samavasaraṇa ) of the sphere of religion . The cpd. dharma-dhātu seems to be used differently in AbhidhK , see LaV-Pʼs Index . On the other hand, the use of it described by Lévi, Sūtrāl. p. *24 , can be reconciled with that which I have described, and which is the only use I have noted in my texts. ( 2 ) n. of a former Buddha: Mv i.137.10 .