English▸ noun [mass noun] (in Hinduism and Buddhism) the sum of a person's actions in this and previous states of existence, viewed as deciding their fate in future existences:
a buddha is believed to have completely purified his karma.
▪ informal good or bad luck, viewed as resulting from one's actions:
there's something highly satisfying when karma strikes.
– ORIGIN from Sanskrit karman ‘action, effect, fate’.