karman n. [ kf-manin Uṇ. 4. 144 ] 1 Action, work, deed. 2 Execution, performance. 3 Business, office, duty; saMprati vizavEdyAnAM karma M. 4. 4 A religious rite (it may be either nitya, nEmittika or kAmya ). 5 A specific action, moral duty. 6 ( a ) Performance of religious rites as opposed to speculative religion or knowledge of Brahman ( opp. jYAna ); R. 8. 20. ( b ) Labour, work. 7 Product, result. 8 A natural or active property (as support of the earth). 9 Fate, the certain consequence of acts done in a former life; karmAyattaM PalaM puMsAM budDiH karmAnusAriRI Bh. 2. 89 , 94. 10 (In gram. ) The object of an action; karturIpsitatamaM karma P. I. 4. 49. 11 (In Vaiś. phil. ) Motion considered as one of the seven categories of things; thus defined: ( pb ) - ekadravyamaguRaM saMyogaviBogazvanapekzakAraRaM karma Vaiś. Sūt. (It is five-fold: — utkzepaRaM tato'vakzepaRamAkuMcanaM taTA . prasAraRaM ca gamanaM karmAMRyetAni paMca ca .. Bhāṣā P. 6. ) 12 Organ of sense. 13 (In astr. ) The tenth lunar mansion. Comp. — akzama a. incapable of doing anything. — aMgaM part of any act; part of a sacrificial rite (as prayAja of the Darśā sacrifice). — aDikAraH the right of performing religious rites. — anurUpa a. 1 according to action or any particular office. 2 according to actions done in a previous existence. — anuzWAnaM practising one's duties. — anusAraH consequence of, or conformity to, acts. — aMtaH 1 the end of any business or task. 2 a work, business, execution of business. 3 a barn, a store of grain &c. Ms. 7. 62 ( karmAtaH ikzuDAnyAdi saMgrahasTAnaM Kull. ). 4 cultivated ground. — aMtaraM 1 difference or contrariety of action. 2 penance, expiation. 3 suspension of a religious action. — aMtika a. final. — (kaH) a servant, workman. — arha a. fit or suitable to an the act or rite. — (rhaH) a man. — AjIvaH one who maintains himself by some profession (as that of an artisan &c.) — Atman a. endowed with the principles of action, active; Ms. 1. 22. ( — m. ) the soul. — iMdriyaM an organ of action, as distinguished from jYAneMdriya ; (they are: — vAkpARipAdapAyUpasTAni ; Ms. 2. 99 ; see under iMdriya also). — udAraM any valiant or noble act, magnanimity, prowess. — udyukta a. busy, engaged, active, zealous. — karaH 1 a hired labourer (a servant who is not a slave); karmakarAH sTapatyAdayaH Pt. 1 ; Śi. 14. 16. 2 Yama. — kartf m. (in gram. ) an agent who is at the same time the object of the action; e. g. pacyate odanaH , it is thus defined: — kriyamARaM tu yatkarma svayameva prasiDyati . sukarEH svErguREH kartuH karmakarteti tadviduH .. . — kAMqaH, -qaM that department of the Veda which relates to ceremonial acts and sacrificial rites and the merit arising from a due performance thereof. — kAraH 1 one who does any business, a mechanic, artisan (technically a worker not hired). 2 any labourer in general (whether hired or not). 3 a black-smith; hariRAkzi kawAkzeRa ( pb ) AtmAnamavalokaya . na hi Kaqgo vijAnAti karmakAraM svakAraRam .. Udb. 4 a bull. — kArin m. a labourer, artisan, workman. — kArmukaH, -kaM a strong bow. — kIlakaH a washerman. — kzama a. able to perform any work or duty; AtmakarmakzamaM dehaM kzAtro Darma ivASritaH R. 1. 13. — kzetraM the land of religious acts, that is, Baratavarza ; cf. karmaBUmi . — gfhIta a. caught in the very act (as a thief). — GAtaH leaving off or suspending work. — caM(cAM) qAlaH 1 ‘base in deed’, a man of very low acts or deeds; Vasiṣṭha mentions these kinds: — asUyakaH piSunaSca kftaGno dIrGarozakaH . catvAraH karmacAMqAlA janmataScApi paMcamaH .. . 2 one who commits an atrocious deed; U. 1. 46. 3 N. of Rāhu. — cezwA active exertion, action. — codanA 1 the motive impelling one to ritual acts. 2 any positive rule enjoining a religious act. — ja a. resulting from an act. — (jaH) 1 the holy fig-tree. 2 the Kali age. 3 the banian tree. 4 the effect arising from human acts: — saMyoga, viBAga &c. 5 heaven. 6 hell. — jYa a. one acquainted with religious rites. — tyAgaH renunciation of worldly duties or ceremonial acts. — duzwa a. corrupt in action, wicked, immoral, disrespectable. — dozaH 1 sin, vice; Ms. 6. 61 , 95. 2 an error, defect, or blunder (in doing an act); Ms. 1. 104. 3 evil consequence of human acts. 4 discreditable conduct. — DArayaH N. of a compound, a subdivision of Tatpuruṣa, (in which the members of the compound are in apposition); tatpuruza karmaDAraya yenAhaM syAM bahuvrIhiH Udb. — DvaMsaH 1 loss of fruit arising from religious acts. 2 disappointment. — nAman (in gram. ) a participial noun. — nASA N. of a river between Kāśī and Vihāra. — nizWa a. devoted to the performance of religious acts. — nyAsaH renunciation of the result of religious acts. — paTaH 1 the direction or source of an action. 2 the path of religious rites ( opp. jYAnamArga ). — pAkaH ripening of actions, reward of actions done in a former life; Pt. 1. 372. — pravacanIyaH a term for certain prepositions, particles, or ( pb ) adverbs when they are not connected with verbs and govern a noun in...