Дхарма Даниила Хармса

Abstract

Dharma of Daniil Kharms

This article concerns the concept of dharma in the works of the Russian writers Daniil Kharms (1905-1942). This original Sanskrit word plays an essential role in his short stories and provides an intertextual reading, based on Hindu mythology and Puranic literature. As a result, Kharmsian output includes “similar” description of death as a conseqence of birth.