Karma
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kar·ma 
[kahr-muh] Pronunciation Key
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[kahr-muh] Pronunciation Key –noun
| 1. | Hinduism, Buddhism. action, seen as bringing upon oneself inevitable results, good or bad, either in this life or in a reincarnation: in Hinduism one of the means of reaching Brahman. Compare bhakti (def. 1), jnana. |
| 2. | Theosophy. the cosmic principle according to which each person is rewarded or punished in one incarnation according to that person's deeds in the previous incarnation. |
| 3. | fate; destiny. |
| 4. | the good or bad emanations felt to be generated by someone or something. |
[Origin: 1820–30; < Skt: nom., acc. sing. of karman act, deed]
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karmic, adjective
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| kar·ma
(kär'mə) Pronunciation Key
n.
[Sanskrit, deed, action that has consequences, karma; see kwer- in Indo-European roots.] kar'mic (-mĭk) adj. |
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karma
karma
1827, in Buddhism, the sum of a person's actions in one life, which determine his form in the next; from Skt. karman- "action, fate," related to krnoti, Avestan kerenaoiti "makes," O.Pers. kunautiy "he makes;" from PIE base *kwer- "to make, form," related to the second element in Sanskrit.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| karma | |
noun | |
| (Hinduism and Buddhism) the effects of a person's actions that determine his destiny in his next incarnation |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Karma
Kar"ma\, n. [Skr.] (Buddhism) One's acts considered as fixing one's lot in the future existence. (Theos.) The doctrine of fate as the inflexible result of cause and effect; the theory of inevitable consequence.
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