Akarmabhoga, Akarman-bhoga: 3 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Akarmabhoga (अकर्मभोग).—

1) enjoyment of freedom from the fruits of action.

2) renunciation of self-righteousness.

Derivable forms: akarmabhogaḥ (अकर्मभोगः).

Akarmabhoga is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms akarman and bhoga (भोग).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Akarmabhoga (अकर्मभोग):—[=akarma-bhoga] [from a-karman] m. enjoyment of freedom from action.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Akarmabhoga (अकर्मभोग):—[tatpurusha compound] m.

(-gaḥ) The renunciation of reward for virtuous actions, the liberation of the soul from the fruits of action, that is, its absorption into the divine essence which releases it from future transmigration and from the trammels of matter, bestowing the highest state of future bliss. E. a neg. and karmabhoga.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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