karma | कर्म
Karma (Devanagari: कर्म ISO15919: karma) means strict performance of duties as prescribed in the Vedas and scriptures according to one's caste and stage in life.
Trikarma is another way of categorizing karma.
Humans have the free-will perform karma in any of these four categories.
- karma - strict observance of all ritualistic actions specified by the Vedas and scriptures without devotion to God,
- vikarma - non-observance of Vedic karma specified in the scriptures as well as absence of devotion to God,
- akarma or karma yoga - devotion to God with the mind and physical performance of ritualistic duties specified by the scriptures,
- karma samnyasa - devotion to God with the mind without physical involvement in duties prescribed by the scriptures.
Karma includes the rites and rituals performed according to the instructions of the Vedas, also known as karma dharma and varnashram dharma. There are four sub-categories of
- nitya karma - routine actions,
- naimittika karma - causal actions,
- kamya karma - desire-bearing actions,
- prayashchitta karma - repentance actions.
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