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kammassa

kamma

nt dat sg of kamma (noun); nt gen sg of kamma (noun)

1. action; deed; doing
2. work; job; occupation
3. (vinaya) legal act; legal procedure; formal action
4. (gram) object of the verb
5. (gram) passive voice; lit. action
6. volitional action

Etymology. √kar + ma; from √kar 'do, make'; Sanskrit karman [kṛ]

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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