Actionness

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The property of being an action. uncountable

    "That action which, upon being performed, does not prejudicially affect its agent is deemed to have lost its nature of 'actionness' (karmatva) as well as its binding force (bandhakatva)."

Example

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"That action which, upon being performed, does not prejudicially affect its agent is deemed to have lost its nature of 'actionness' (karmatva) as well as its binding force (bandhakatva)."

Etymology

From action + -ness.

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