karman

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[apte] n. [kṛ-manin Uṇ. 4. 144] 1 Action, work, deed. --2 Execution, performance. --3 Business, office, duty; saṃprati viṣavaidyānāṃ karma M. 4. --4 A religious rite (it may be either nitya, naimittika or kāmya). --5 A specific action, moral duty. --6 (a) Per- formance of religious rites as oppos- ed to speculative religion or know- ledge of Brahman (opp. jñāna); R. 8. 20. (b) Labour, work. --7 Pro- duct, result. --8 A...

[mw] n. (ā m. L.), (kṛ Un2. iv, 144), act, action, performance, business RV.; AV.; S3Br.; MBh. &c 258,2 45268 n. 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 ] or the person or thing for or towards whom the action is performed [ e.g. rāja-k, paśu-k ] or a... n. any religious act or rite (as sacrifice,...

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n. [kṛ-manin Uṇ. 4. 144] 1 Action, work, deed. --2 Execution, performance. --3 Business, office, duty; saṃprati viṣavaidyānāṃ karma M. 4. --4 A religious rite (it may be either...

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

6,884

Texts Appeared In

190

DCS: name of a mountain; a particular form of temple; [rel.] name of a vrata | Monier-Williams: the tenth lunar mansion, VarBṛS. &c.

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Mahābhārata 2,419 35.1%
2. Rāmāyaṇa 349 5.1%
3. Carakasaṃhitā 240 3.5%
4. Bhāgavatapurāṇa 187 2.7%
5. Liṅgapurāṇa 165 2.4%

Concordance (Sample)

• Manusmṛti surface: karmaṇi

  madhuparke ca yajñe ca pitṛdaivatakarmaṇi

• Manusmṛti surface: karma

  na ca tatkarma kurvāṇaḥ sanābhyo 'py aśucir bhavet

• Manusmṛti surface: karma

  vāyuḥ karmārkakālau ca śuddheḥ kartṝṇi dehinām