Associations to the word «Karma»

Wiktionary

KARMA, noun. (Hinduism) (Buddhism) (Sikhism) (Jainism) The sum total of a person's actions, which determine the person's next incarnation in samsara, the cycle of death and rebirth.
KARMA, noun. A force or law of nature which causes one to reap what one sows; destiny; fate.
KARMA, noun. (uncommon) A distinctive feeling, aura, or atmosphere.
KARMA SUTRA, proper noun. Misspelling of Kama Sutra.

Dictionary definition

KARMA, noun. (Hinduism and Buddhism) the effects of a person's actions that determine his destiny in his next incarnation.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats