karma-pāka

karma-pāka

kárman

act, action, performance, business RV. AV. ṠBr. MBh. etc.;
office, special duty, occupation, obligation
(frequently ifc., the first member of the compound being either the person who performs the action
<e.g.. vaṇik-k-> orﾠ the person orﾠ thing for orﾠ towards whom the action is performed
<e.g.. rāja-k-, paṡu-k-> orﾠ a specification of the action
<e.g.. ṡaurya-k-, prīti-k->) ṠBr. Mn. Bhartṛ. etc.;
any religious act orﾠ rite (as sacrifice, oblation etc., esp. as originating in the hope of future recompense andﾠ as opposed to speculative religion orﾠ knowledge of spirit) RV. AV. VS. Ragh. etc.. ;
work, labour, activity (as opposed to rest, praṡānti) Hit. RPrāt. etc.;
physicking, medical attendance Car. ;
action consisting in motion (as the third among the seven categories of the Nyāya philosophy;
of these motions there are five, viz. ut-kshepaṇa, ava-kshepaṇa, ā-kuñcana, prasāraṇa, andﾠ gamana, qq.vv.) Bhāshāp. Tarkas. ;
calculation Sūryas. ;
product, result, effect Mn. XII, 98 Suṡr. ;
organ of sense ṠBr. XIV ( orﾠ of action seeﾠ karmêndriya);
(in Gr.) the object (it stands either in the acc. < in active construction>, orﾠ in the nom. < in passive construction>, orﾠ in the gen. < in connection with a noun of action>;
opposed to kartṛi the subject) Pāṇ. 1-4, 49 ff. (it is of four kinds, viz. a. nirvartya, when anything new is produced e.g.. kaṭaṉkaroti, « he makes a mat» ;
putraṉprasūte, « she bears a son» ;
b. vikārya, when change is implied either of the substance andﾠ form e.g.. kāshṭhaṉbhasmakaroti, « he reduces fuel to ashes» ;
orﾠ of the form only e.g.. suvarṇaṉkuṇḍalaṉkaroti, « he fashions gold into an ear-ring» ;
c. prāpya, when any desired object is attained e.g.. grāmaṉgacchati, « he goes to the village» ;
candraṉpaṡyati, « he sees the moon» ;
d. anīpsita, when an undesired object is abandoned e.g.. pāpaṉtyajati, « he leaves the wicked»);
former act as leading to inevitable results, fate (as the certain consequence of acts in a previous life) Pañcat. Hit. Buddh., (cf. karma-pāka andﾠ - vipāka);
the tenth lunar mansion VarBṛS. etc.