कर्मन् [ karman ] [ kárman ] n. ( [ ā ] m. Lit. L.) , (√ [ kṛ ] Lit. Uṇ. iv , 144) , act , action , performance , business Lit. RV. Lit. AV. Lit. ŚBr. Lit. MBh.

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 specification of the action ( e.g. [ śaurya-k ] , [ prīti-k ] ) ) Lit. ŚBr. Lit. Mn. Lit. Bhartṛ.

any religious act or rite (as sacrifice , oblation , esp. as originating in the hope of future recompense and as opposed to speculative religion or knowledge of spirit) Lit. RV. Lit. AV. Lit. VS. Lit. Ragh.

work , labour , activity ( as opposed to rest , [ praśānti ] ) Lit. Hit. Lit. RPrāt.

physicking , medical attendance Lit. Car.

action consisting in motion (as the third among the seven categories of the Nyāya philosophy ; of these motions there are five , viz. [ ut-kṣepaṇa ] , [ ava-kṣepaṇa ] , [ ā-kuñcana ] , [ prasāraṇa ] , and [ gamana ] , qq. vv.) Lit. Bhāshāp. Lit. Tarkas.

calculation Lit. Sūryas.

product , result , effect Lit. Mn. xii , 98 Lit. Suśr.

organ of sense Lit. ŚBr. xiv ( or of action see [ karmendriya ] )

( in Gr.) the object (it stands either in the acc. ( in active construction ) , or in the nom. ( in passive construction ) , or in the gen. ( in connection with a noun of action ) ; opposed to [ kartṛ ] the subject) Lit. Pāṇ. 1-4 , 49 ff. (it is of four kinds , viz. a. [ nirvartya ] , when anything new is produced e.g. [ kaṭaṃ karoti ] , " he makes a mat " ; [ putraṃ prasūte ] , " she bears a son " ; b. [ vikārya ] , when change is implied either of the substance and form e.g. [ kāṣṭhaṃ bhasma karoti ] , " he reduces fuel to ashes " ; or of the form only e.g. [ suvarṇaṃ kuṇḍalaṃ karoti ] , " he fashions gold into an ear-ring " ; c. [ prāpya ] , when any desired object is attained e.g. [ grāmaṃ gacchati ] , " he goes to the village " ; [ candraṃ paśyati ] , " he sees the moon " ; d. [ anīpsita ] , when an undesired object is abandoned e.g. [ pāpaṃ tyajati ] , " he leaves the wicked " ) ( 258,2 )

former act as leading to inevitable results , fate (as the certain consequence of acts in a previous life) Lit. Pañcat. Lit. Hit. Lit. Buddh. , ( cf. [ karma-pāka ] and [ -vipāka ] )

the tenth lunar mansion Lit. VarBṛS.