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Karma

2 stages from Sanskrit to English.

Today it means the idea that a person's actions determine their future fate
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Stage 1 of 2
karma
Sanskrit · ancient
"action, deed"
literally "action" or "deed", the principle of cause and effect
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Stage 2 of 2
karma
English · 1800s
"the cosmic principle of cause and effect"
adopted through the study of Hindu and Buddhist philosophy
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