Nishiddhakarma, Niṣiddhakarma, Nishiddha-karma: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term Niṣiddhakarma can be transliterated into English as Nisiddhakarma or Nishiddhakarma, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Vedanta (school of philosophy)
Niṣiddhakarma (निषिद्धकर्म) refers to “rituals that are forbidden in the Vedas”.—Each chapter of the Bhagavadgītā describes various aspects of the means to liberation (mukti/mokṣa), which is considered the highest good in Vedānta. Śaṃkara also holds the purpose of the Bhagavadgītā to be the attainment of liberation, quickly declaring knowledge of the self, preceded by renunciation of all actions to be its means. The performance of disinterested actions, i.e. actions performed after renouncing its fruits (niṣkāmakarma), is combined with the forsaking of both those Vedic rituals that are performed solely out of desire for some personal gain (kāmyakarma) and those that are forbidden in the Vedas (niṣiddhakarma).
Vedanta (वेदान्त, vedānta) refers to a school of orthodox Hindu philosophy (astika), drawing its subject-matter from the Upanishads. There are a number of sub-schools of Vedanta, however all of them expound on the basic teaching of the ultimate reality (brahman) and liberation (moksha) of the individual soul (atman).
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Full-text (+0): Nisedhita, Kamya, Kamyakarma, Nishkamakarma, Nishkama.
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