karma
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Loan from Sanskrit कर्मन् (kárman), “‘act, action, performance’”), first attested in English in 1827.
[edit] Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɑː(r)mə
[edit] Noun
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karma (countable and uncountable; plural karmas)
- (Hinduism, Buddhism) The concept of "action" or "deed" in Nepalese and Indian religions understood as that which causes the entire cycle of cause and effect (i.e., the cycle called samsara) described in the dharmic traditions, namely: Hindu, Jain, Sikh and Buddhist philosophies. The total effect of a person's actions and conduct during the successive phases of his existence, regarded as determining his next incarnation.
- Destiny, fate.
- A distinctive feeling, aura, or atmosphere.
- one gets what they deserve.
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the total effect of a person's actions and conduct during the successive phases of his existence
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[edit] Anagrams
- Anagrams of aakmr
- makar
[edit] Finnish
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karma
[edit] Declension
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Declension of karma (type kala)
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[edit] Spanish
[edit] Noun
karma m. (plural karmas)
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[edit] Turkish
[edit] Adjective
karma
