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Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryThe sum total of a person's actions, which determine the person's next incarnation in samsara, the cycle of death and rebirth. · A force or law of nature which causes one to reap what one sows; destiny; fate. · A distinctive feeling, aura, or atmosphere. · A score assigned to a user or post on some discussion forums, indicating popularity or perceived value.
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.
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