कर्मेन्द्रिय karmēndriy

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How to read the transliteration

This site uses transliteration based on ISO 15919, with a few adaptations to make reading easier: h is added after c, ś and ṣ, and i after the vowel r̥. These adaptations bring it closer to the Hunterian system used in India while retaining the distinctive marks of ISO 15919.

Adaptations used on this site
ISO 15919On this site
cch
śśh
ṣṣh
r̥r̥i

A few reading pointers:

  • ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
  • ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
  • A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.

sa · n. · m.

Earlier definition

Definition

(Hinduism) One of the five 'organs of action' : the hand, foot, larynx, and organs of generation and excretion.
(Bābā) One of the 10 faculties or organs of interaction: 5 for the sensory faculties and 5 for the action faculties. The use of these 10 faculties creates karma. Hence the name karmēndriy “faculty or organ of karma”.

Usual translation

  1. physical organ

Origin of the definition

इन्द्रिय indriya (sanskrit)

Sense, an organ of sense or action, the generative organ, the genitals.

कर्म karm (sanskrit)

Action (with its fruit, and implications of merit); an act, deed.
(moral) duty or obligation.
A religious observance, action or rite (as sacrifice, ablution, funeral obsequies).
Fate (as the consequence of previous acts); fortune, lot.
Result, effect.

कर्मेंद्रिय karmēndriya karmēndriy (nf) an organ of action (the hand, the foot, etc.).

कर्मेंद्रिय [˚a + i˚], m. one of the five 'organs of action' (opp. to buddhīndriya or 'organs of sense'): the hand, foot, larynx, and organs of generation and excretion.

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Mamma

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Created
Thursday 21 May 2020
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