'Karma' definitions:
Definition of 'karma'
(from WordNet)
noun
(Hinduism and Buddhism) the effects of a person's actions that determine his destiny in his next incarnation
Definition of 'Karma'
From: GCIDE
- Karma \Kar"ma\, n. [Skr.]
- 1. (Buddhism, Hinduism) One's acts considered as fixing one's lot in the future existence. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 3. One's destiny; fate. [PJC]
- 4. (Mysticism) The supposed non-physical emanations that a person gives off, which may affect other people; vibrations. [PJC]