karma — meaning in English

English meaning

• birdseed noun A mix of seeds sold as food for pet or wild birds.
• fodder noun Food, such as hay or grain, given to livestock like cattle and horses.
• karma noun In Hindu and Buddhist thought, the total effect of a person's actions, believed to shape their fate in this life or the next.

Senses

karma is used for these senses in English:

• birdseed Seed, usually constituting a mixture from several species of plant, set out as food for birds.
• fodder Food for animals; that which is fed to cattle, horses, and sheep, such as hay, cornstalks, vegetables, etc.
• karma (Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism) The sum total of a person's actions, which determine the person's next incarnation in samsara, the cycle of death and rebirth.

fodder — full definition

1. noun Food, such as hay or grain, given to livestock like cattle and horses.
2. noun Raw material that feeds or fuels something, especially gossip, satire, or discussion.
3. noun People treated as expendable or of little individual value, especially in the phrase "cannon fodder."

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