"kamma" meaning in Pali

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Noun

Etymology: Inherited from Sanskrit कर्मन् (kárman), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *kárma, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kárma, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- (“to do, make”). Cognate with Maharastri Prakrit 𑀓𑀫𑁆𑀫 (kamma), Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀓𑀫𑁆𑀫 (kamma). Etymology templates: {{root|pi|ine-pro|*kʷer-}}, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|pi|sa|कर्मन्|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=kárman|ts=}} Sanskrit कर्मन् (kárman), {{inh+|pi|sa|कर्मन्|tr=kárman}} Inherited from Sanskrit कर्मन् (kárman), {{inh|pi|inc-pro|*kárma}} Proto-Indo-Aryan *kárma, {{inh|pi|iir-pro|*kárma}} Proto-Indo-Iranian *kárma, {{der|pi|ine-pro|*kʷer-||to do, make}} Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- (“to do, make”), {{cog|pra-mah|𑀓𑀫𑁆𑀫}} Maharastri Prakrit 𑀓𑀫𑁆𑀫 (kamma), {{cog|pra-sau|𑀓𑀫𑁆𑀫}} Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀓𑀫𑁆𑀫 (kamma) Head templates: {{pi-noun|n}} kamma n Inflection templates: {{pi-decl-noun|kamma|abls2=kammunā|abls3=kammanā|abls_mod=after|dats=kammuno|dats_mod=after|g=n|gens=kammuno|gens_mod=after|inss1=kammā|inss2=kammunā|inss3=kammanā|inss_mod=after|nomp=kammā|nomp_mod=after}} Forms: neuter [table-tags], kammaṃ [nominative, singular], kammāni [nominative, plural], kammā [nominative, plural], kammaṃ [accusative, singular], kammāni [accusative, plural], kammena [instrumental, singular], kammā [instrumental, singular], kammunā [instrumental, singular], kammanā [instrumental, singular], kammehi [instrumental, plural], kammebhi [instrumental, plural], kammassa [dative, singular], kammāya [dative, singular], kammatthaṃ [dative, singular], kammuno [dative, singular], kammānaṃ [dative, plural], kammasmā [ablative, singular], kammamhā [ablative, singular], kammā [ablative, singular], kammunā [ablative, singular], kammanā [ablative, singular], kammehi [ablative, plural], kammebhi [ablative, plural], kammassa [genitive, singular], kammuno [genitive, singular], kammānaṃ [genitive, plural], kammasmiṃ [locative, singular], kammamhi [locative, singular], kamme [locative, singular], kammesu [locative, plural], kamma [singular, vocative], kammāni [plural, vocative]
  1. doing, deed, action Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-kamma-pi-noun-wbFXEI~q Categories (other): Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Pali entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 32 11 13 13 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 12 13 13 30 Disambiguation of Pali entries with incorrect language header: 22 15 26 18 19
  2. work, occupation Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-kamma-pi-noun-NXLyVUEK Categories (other): Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Pali entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 32 11 13 13 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 12 13 13 30 Disambiguation of Pali entries with incorrect language header: 22 15 26 18 19
  3. (Buddhism, Hinduism) karma Tags: Hinduism, neuter Categories (topical): Buddhism, Hinduism
    Sense id: en-kamma-pi-noun-bUue5iAo Categories (other): Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Pali entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 32 11 13 13 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 12 13 13 30 Disambiguation of Pali entries with incorrect language header: 22 15 26 18 19 Topics: Buddhism, lifestyle, religion
  4. ceremony Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-kamma-pi-noun-Czp7i53L Categories (other): Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Pali entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 32 11 13 13 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 12 13 13 30 Disambiguation of Pali entries with incorrect language header: 22 15 26 18 19
  5. (archaic) building; weaving (action of) Tags: archaic, neuter
    Sense id: en-kamma-pi-noun-hh6vjc4p Categories (other): Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Pali entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 32 11 13 13 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 12 13 13 30 Disambiguation of Pali entries with incorrect language header: 22 15 26 18 19
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: okāsakamma, parikamma, pātukamma

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "okāsakamma"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "parikamma"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "pātukamma"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "my",
            "2": "ကံ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Burmese: ကံ (kam)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Burmese: ကံ (kam)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "km",
            "2": "កម្ម",
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          },
          "expansion": "→ Khmer: កម្ម (kam)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Khmer: កម្ម (kam)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lo",
            "2": "ກຳ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Lao: ກຳ (kam)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Lao: ກຳ (kam)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "th",
            "2": "กรรม",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Thai: กรรม (gam)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Thai: กรรม (gam)"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
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      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
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      "args": {
        "1": "pi",
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        "4": "",
        "5": "",
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        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "kárman",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit कर्मन् (kárman)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pi",
        "2": "sa",
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      "name": "inh+"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "pi",
        "2": "inc-pro",
        "3": "*kárma"
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pi",
        "2": "iir-pro",
        "3": "*kárma"
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      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian *kárma",
      "name": "inh"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pi",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kʷer-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to do, make"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- (“to do, make”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pra-mah",
        "2": "𑀓𑀫𑁆𑀫"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pra-sau",
        "2": "𑀓𑀫𑁆𑀫"
      },
      "expansion": "Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀓𑀫𑁆𑀫 (kamma)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "neuter",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pi-decl-noun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kammaṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kammāni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kammā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kammaṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kammāni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kammena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kammā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kammunā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kammanā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kammehi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kammebhi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kammassa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kammāya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kammatthaṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kammuno",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kammānaṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kammasmā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kammamhā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kammā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kammunā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kammanā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kammehi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kammebhi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kammassa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kammuno",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kammānaṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kammasmiṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kammamhi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kamme",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kammesu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kamma",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kammāni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "kamma n",
      "name": "pi-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kamma",
        "abls2": "kammunā",
        "abls3": "kammanā",
        "abls_mod": "after",
        "dats": "kammuno",
        "dats_mod": "after",
        "g": "n",
        "gens": "kammuno",
        "gens_mod": "after",
        "inss1": "kammā",
        "inss2": "kammunā",
        "inss3": "kammanā",
        "inss_mod": "after",
        "nomp": "kammā",
        "nomp_mod": "after"
      },
      "name": "pi-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Pali",
  "lang_code": "pi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "32 11 13 13 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 5 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "31 12 13 13 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 15 26 18 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pali entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "trade",
          "text": "vāṇijakamma",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "a sin",
          "text": "pāpakamma",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "doing, deed, action"
      ],
      "id": "en-kamma-pi-noun-wbFXEI~q",
      "links": [
        [
          "doing",
          "doing"
        ],
        [
          "deed",
          "deed"
        ],
        [
          "action",
          "action"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "32 11 13 13 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 5 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "31 12 13 13 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 15 26 18 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pali entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to be employed",
          "text": "kammaṃ karoti",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "work, occupation"
      ],
      "id": "en-kamma-pi-noun-NXLyVUEK",
      "links": [
        [
          "work",
          "work"
        ],
        [
          "occupation",
          "occupation"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "pi",
          "name": "Buddhism",
          "orig": "pi:Buddhism",
          "parents": [
            "Religion",
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "pi",
          "name": "Hinduism",
          "orig": "pi:Hinduism",
          "parents": [
            "India",
            "Religion",
            "Countries",
            "Countries in Asia",
            "Culture",
            "Polities",
            "Places",
            "Asia",
            "Society",
            "Names",
            "Earth",
            "Eurasia",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Nature",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "32 11 13 13 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 5 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "31 12 13 13 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 15 26 18 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pali entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "karma"
      ],
      "id": "en-kamma-pi-noun-bUue5iAo",
      "links": [
        [
          "Buddhism",
          "Buddhism"
        ],
        [
          "Hinduism",
          "Hinduism"
        ],
        [
          "karma",
          "karma"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Buddhism, Hinduism) karma"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hinduism",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "Buddhism",
        "lifestyle",
        "religion"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "32 11 13 13 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 5 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "31 12 13 13 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 15 26 18 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pali entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ceremony"
      ],
      "id": "en-kamma-pi-noun-Czp7i53L",
      "links": [
        [
          "ceremony",
          "ceremony"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "32 11 13 13 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 5 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "31 12 13 13 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 15 26 18 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pali entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "building; weaving (action of)"
      ],
      "id": "en-kamma-pi-noun-hh6vjc4p",
      "links": [
        [
          "building",
          "building"
        ],
        [
          "weaving",
          "weaving"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) building; weaving (action of)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "kamma"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Pali entries with incorrect language header",
    "Pali lemmas",
    "Pali neuter nouns",
    "Pali nouns",
    "Pali nouns in Latin script",
    "Pali terms derived from Proto-Indo-Aryan",
    "Pali terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Pali terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
    "Pali terms derived from Sanskrit",
    "Pali terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kʷer-",
    "Pali terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan",
    "Pali terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
    "Pali terms inherited from Sanskrit"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "okāsakamma"
    },
    {
      "word": "parikamma"
    },
    {
      "word": "pātukamma"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "my",
            "2": "ကံ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Burmese: ကံ (kam)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Burmese: ကံ (kam)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
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            "2": "កម្ម",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Khmer: កម្ម (kam)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Khmer: កម្ម (kam)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lo",
            "2": "ກຳ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Lao: ກຳ (kam)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Lao: ກຳ (kam)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "th",
            "2": "กรรม",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Thai: กรรม (gam)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Thai: กรรม (gam)"
    }
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        "1": "pi",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kʷer-"
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      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
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      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
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      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
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      "args": {
        "1": "pi",
        "2": "sa",
        "3": "कर्मन्",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "kárman",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit कर्मन् (kárman)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pi",
        "2": "sa",
        "3": "कर्मन्",
        "tr": "kárman"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Sanskrit कर्मन् (kárman)",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pi",
        "2": "inc-pro",
        "3": "*kárma"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Aryan *kárma",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pi",
        "2": "iir-pro",
        "3": "*kárma"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian *kárma",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pi",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kʷer-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to do, make"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- (“to do, make”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pra-mah",
        "2": "𑀓𑀫𑁆𑀫"
      },
      "expansion": "Maharastri Prakrit 𑀓𑀫𑁆𑀫 (kamma)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pra-sau",
        "2": "𑀓𑀫𑁆𑀫"
      },
      "expansion": "Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀓𑀫𑁆𑀫 (kamma)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
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    {
      "form": "neuter",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pi-decl-noun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kammaṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kammāni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kammā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kammaṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kammāni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kammena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kammā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kammunā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kammanā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kammehi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kammebhi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kammassa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kammāya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kammatthaṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kammuno",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kammānaṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "kammasmā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kammamhā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kammā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kammunā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kammanā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kammehi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kammebhi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kammassa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kammānaṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kammasmiṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kammamhi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kamme",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kammesu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kamma",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kammāni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "n"
      },
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      "name": "pi-noun"
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        "dats_mod": "after",
        "g": "n",
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        "inss2": "kammunā",
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  "lang_code": "pi",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "categories": [
        "Pali terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "trade",
          "text": "vāṇijakamma",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "a sin",
          "text": "pāpakamma",
          "type": "example"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "doing, deed, action"
      ],
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        [
          "doing",
          "doing"
        ],
        [
          "deed",
          "deed"
        ],
        [
          "action",
          "action"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pali terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to be employed",
          "text": "kammaṃ karoti",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "work, occupation"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
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          "work"
        ],
        [
          "occupation",
          "occupation"
        ]
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      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
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        "pi:Hinduism"
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      ],
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          "Buddhism",
          "Buddhism"
        ],
        [
          "Hinduism",
          "Hinduism"
        ],
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          "karma",
          "karma"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hinduism",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "Buddhism",
        "lifestyle",
        "religion"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
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      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ceremony",
          "ceremony"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pali terms with archaic senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "building; weaving (action of)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "building",
          "building"
        ],
        [
          "weaving",
          "weaving"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) building; weaving (action of)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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