Duskarma
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Duskarma is a noun meaning (eastern religion) A misdeed, sinful action, vice, or wrong.
Meaning
(eastern religion) A misdeed, sinful action, vice, or wrong.
Example Sentences
Knowingly or unknowingly people do a lot of duṣkarma (wrong deeds).
It is a definite consequence of the duṣkarma on the part of the individual.
... for an offence against Dharma, (i.e. law or morality) goes far to shed the duṣkarma that results from his offence.
At any one time we all have the preponderance of one guna over the other two and due to this we do either, (a) satkarma-good acts, or (b) duṣkarma-bad acts.
Word Forms
- duskarmas
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include misdeed, misdoing, evildoing, wrongdom, scoundrelism, scoundrelry.
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