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Webster 1913 Edition
Karma
Kar′ma
,Noun.
[Skr.]
1.
(Buddhism, Hinduism)
One’s acts considered as fixing one's lot in the future existence.
2.
(Theos.)
The doctrine of fate as the inflexible result of cause and effect, especially the principle by which a person is rewarded or punished in a subsequent incarnation for deeds in the previous incarnation; the theory of inevitable consequence.