karma

Significado (Inglés)

1. (Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism, countable, uncountable) The sum total of a person's actions, which determine the person's next incarnation in samsara, the cycle of death and rebirth.
2. (countable, uncountable) A force or law of nature which causes one to reap what one sows; destiny; fate.
3. (countable, uncommon, uncountable) A distinctive feeling, aura, or atmosphere.
4. (Internet, countable, uncountable) A score assigned to a user or post on some discussion forums, indicating popularity or perceived value.

Conceptos

karma

Sinónimos

fate

destiny

retribution

fortune

cause and effect

deed

Jain

law

lot

predestination

provision

regulation

rule

God’s will

Heaven’s decree

action

one’s life

agreement

appointment

arrangement

decision

doom

Traducciones

Karma

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كارما

Schicksal

karma

kader

carma

talih

🍀

çarenûs

Bestimmung

Vergeltung der Taten

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈkɑɹmə/

Etimología (Inglés)

Borrowed from Sanskrit कर्म (kárma), nom.sg. of कर्मन् (kárman, “act, action, performance”); first attested in English in 1785 in a translation of the Bhagavad Gita by Charles Wilkins.