- action, seen as bringing upon oneself inevitable results, good or bad, either in this life or in a reincarnation: in Hinduism one of the means of reaching Brahman.
- the cosmic principle according to which each person is rewarded or punished in one incarnation according to that person's deeds in the previous incarnation.
- fate; destiny.
- the good or bad emanations felt to be generated by someone or something: Lets get out of here. This place has bad karma.
- the principle of retributive justice determining a person's state of life and the state of his reincarnations as the effect of his past deeds
- the doctrine of inevitable consequence
- destiny or fate
