Duskarma

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A misdeed, sinful action, vice, or wrong. Eastern, countable, uncountable

    "... for an offence against Dharma, (i.e. law or morality) goes far to shed the duṣkarma that results from his offence."

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"... for an offence against Dharma, (i.e. law or morality) goes far to shed the duṣkarma that results from his offence."

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit दुष्कर्मन् (duṣkarman, “wickedness”), from दुष्- (duṣ-, “bad”) + कर्मन् (karman, “action”).

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