Karmam, Karmaṃ: 1 definition
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Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryKarmaṃ (कर्मं):—(nm) deed; action; any religious action or rites; fate; object; ~[kara] a worker; ~[kāṃḍa] the body of religious ceremonies commanded by Hindu law or convention; the cult of religious rituals; ~[kāṃḍī] a ritualist, specialist in the field of religious rituals; one who performs such rituals; ~[kāra] a wage earner, workman; worker; ~[kāraka] the objective case; —[kauśala] workmanship; ~[cārivarga] retinue, body of employees; ~[cārī] an employee, an official, a worker, servant, member of the staff; •[vṛṃda] staff; ~[dhāraya] a kind of compound word; ~[niṣṭha] dutiful; one who performs rituals as a matter of duty; ~[pradhāna (vākya)] (a sentence) wherein the object dominates; ~[phala] the outcome of one’s deeds; ~[baṃdhana] the bondage resulting from one’s deeds, the bond of birth and death; ~[bhoga] experiencing or facing the consequences of action; ~[yoga] the philosophy of the discipline of detached action, unmindful of results; hence ~[yogī] (nm); ~[vācya] the passive voice; ~[vāda] the theory that one has to face the consequences of one’s action—good or bad; hence ~[vādī;] ~[vīra] one who fulfils one’s duties enthusiastically, a hero whose actions are marked by deep enthusiasm; ~[śālā] a workshop; ~[śīla] industrious; ~[hīna] unlucky, unfortunate.
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See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Karmamala, Karmamalarahita, Karmamanjari, Karmamarga, Karmamargi, Karmamasa, Karmamatra, Karmamaya, Karmamdi, Karmami, Karmamimamsa, Karmamishrabhakti, Karmamocaka, Karmamocanitirtha, Karmamoola, Karmamtya, Karmamula, Karmanga, Karmantara, Karmantika.
Ends with: Cittaparikarmam, Cotacakarmam, Cuvakarmam, Havyakavyakarmam, Ritekarmam, Satkarmam, Tatikarmam, Tushkarmam, Upakarmam.
Full-text: Satkarmam, Adhikarman, Doot, Ritekarmam, Cuvakarmam, Duta, Tiraccha, Curna, Cotacakarmam, Vaciyam.
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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Significance of the Moon in Ancient Civilizations (by Radhakrishnan. P)
7. Chandra-kriya in Astrology < [Chapter 5 - Adoration of the Sun and Moon]
Vakyapadiya of Bhartrihari (by K. A. Subramania Iyer)
Verse 3.7.155 < [Book 3 - Pada-kāṇḍa (7): Sādhana-samuddeśa (On the Means)]
Bhagavad-gita Mahatmya (by N.A. Deshpande)
Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)
Section CXCIV < [Mokshadharma Parva]
A study of the philosophy of Jainism (by Deepa Baruah)
Chapter V.c - Prabhācandra’s refutation of Bauddha and Sāṃkhya view of Karman < [Chapter V - Bondage and Liberation]