| Translations of Karma | |
|---|---|
| English | Action, work, deed |
| Sanskrit | कर्म (IAST: karma) |
| Assamese | কৰ্ম (karmô) |
| Balinese | ᬓᬃᬫ (karma) |
| Bengali | কর্ম (kôrmô) |
| Hindi | कर्म (karma) |
| Javanese | ꦏꦂꦩ (karma) |
| Kannada | ಕರ್ಮ (karma) |
| Marathi | कर्म (karma) |
| Nepali | कर्म (karma) |
| Odia | କର୍ମ (Kawrmaw) |
| Punjabi | ਕਰਮ (karam) |
| Tamil | கர்மா (karmā) |
| Telugu | కర్మ (karma) |
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Karma is a concept of Hinduism which describes a system in which beneficial effects are derived from past beneficial actions and harmful effects from past harmful actions, creating a system of actions and reactions throughout a soul's (jivatman's) reincarnated lives,[1] forming a cycle of rebirth. The causality is said to apply not only to the material world but also to our thoughts, words, actions, and actions that others do under our instructions.[2]
For example, if one performs a good deed, something good will happen to them, and the same applies if one does a bad thing. In the Puranas, it is said that the lord of karma is represented by the planet Saturn, known as Shani.[3]
According to Vedanta thought, the most influential school of Hindu theology,[4] the effects of karma are controlled by God (Isvara).[5][6]
There are four different types of karma: prarabdha, sanchita, and kriyamana and agami.[7] Prarabdha karma is experienced through the present body and is only a part of sanchita karma, which is the sum of one's past karma's, Kriyamana karma is the karma that is being performed in the present whereas Agami karma is the result of current decisions and actions.[8]
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- ^ Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda, The hidden power in humans, Ibera Verlag, page 23., ISBN 3-85052-197-4
- ^ "Shani Dev - History and Birth Story of Shani Dev | - Times of India". The Times of India. 15 May 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
- ^ Flood, Gavin Dennis (1996). An Introduction to Hinduism, pp. 231–232, 238. Cambridge University Press.
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- ^ J. P. Vaswani (1 August 2013). What You Would Like to Know about Karma. Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. p. 77. ISBN 978-81-207-2774-8. Retrieved 27 September 2013.