Main Entry:

kar·ma

Pronunciation:

\ˈkär-mə also ˈkər-\

Function:

noun

Etymology:

Sanskrit karma fate, work

Date:

1827

1often capitalized : the force generated by a person's actions held in Hinduism and Buddhism to perpetuate transmigration and in its ethical consequences to determine the nature of the person's next existence2: vibration 4

— kar·mic \-mik\ adjective