This is an oversimplified answer. Dharma certainly has religious significance to many millions of people. So, it's not "like any other name". It's evocative, a

This is an oversimplified answer. Dharma certainly has religious significance to many millions of people. So, it's not "like any other name". It's evocative, and if you are unaware of just which feelings you are evoking, your product is at risk. Consider the case of the javascript test runner, Karma. It was originally named testacular. Possibly a play on spectacular, but also close enough to testicular to make female consumers of the library a bit uncomfortable. Ultimately, products have to be sold to someone, and this is a problem that makes that job harder. Dharma does carry a secular sanskrit definition, but sanskrit is not a precise written language like English. The meanings of words are often only discoverable in context, and approachable only with a prior familiarity of common illustrations and allegories depicting the concept. Westerners, unfamiliar with such depictions as the Bhagavad Gita, which MOST Indians are familiar with, are severely disadvantaged in discussing the true concept behind the word. Relying on a particular English transliteration is risky.