karma
karma definition
karma (kär′mə, kʉr′-)
noun
- Buddhism, Hinduism the totality of a person's actions in any one of the successive states of that person's existence, thought of as determining the fate of the next stage
- loosely fate; destiny
Etymology: Sans, a deed, act, fate < IE base *kwer-, to make, form > Welsh pryd, shape, time
Related Forms:
- karmic kar′·mic adjective
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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