karma

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Loan from Sanskrit कर्मन् (kárman), act, action, performance), first attested in English in 1827.

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[edit] Noun

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Singular
karma

Plural
countable and uncountable; plural karmas

karma (countable and uncountable; plural karmas)

  1. (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.
  2. Destiny, fate.
  3. A distinctive feeling, aura, or atmosphere.
  4. one gets what they deserve.

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[edit] Anagrams

  • Anagrams of aakmr
  • makar

[edit] Finnish

[edit] Noun

karma

  1. karma

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Noun

karma m. (plural karmas)

Singular
karma m.

Plural
karmas m.

  1. karma

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karma

  1. mixed