duskarma
duskarma noun: a misdeed, sinful action, vice, or wrong.
Noun
duskarma (countable and uncountable, plural duskarmas)
- A misdeed, sinful action, vice, or wrong.
- ... for an offence against Dharma, (i.e. law or morality) goes far to shed the duṣkarma that results from his offence.1946, Chittenjoor Kunhan Raja (contributor), Dr. C. Kunhan Raja Presentation Volume - A Volume of Indological Studies, page 228
- Forcing oneself into a varṇa other than that in which he is born, will make the offender guilty of duṣkarma or sin , whose effect will be to intensify the effects of prāktanakarma (past-birth action) to which his present caste itself is traceable.1952, Kumbakonam Viraraghava Rangaswami Aiyangar, Some Aspects of the Hindu View of Life According to Dharmaśāṡtra, page 99
Forms of duskarma
| plural | duskarmas |
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Origin of duskarma
Borrowed from Sanskrit दुष्कर्मन् (duṣkarman, “wickedness”), from दुष्- (duṣ-, “bad”) + कर्मन् (karman, “action”).
Questions about duskarma
- What does duskarma mean?
- Duskarma means a misdeed, sinful action, vice, or wrong.
- What part of speech is duskarma?
- Duskarma is a noun.
- What is the plural of duskarma?
- The plural of duskarma is duskarmas.
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