skip to main content
LOTERRE

LOTERRE

SAGE Social Science Thesaurus

Search from vocabulary

Content language

| español français
Search help

Concept information

... > social science subjects > politics and international relations > global studies > global governance and world order > global religion > concepts in global religion > karma
... > social science subjects > sociology > sociology of religion > global religion > concepts in global religion > karma

Preferred term

karma  

Definition(s)

  • Karma (also karman, kamma) has been a foundational concept in Indian religions since the Vedic period (1500 BCE), appearing in various Hindu schools of thought as well as in Buddhism and Jainism. The term shifts in meaning between these traditions (and, indeed, between various streams of Hinduism). [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Religion; Karma]

Broader concept(s)

Belongs to group

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-J51T7MZZ-R

Download this concept:

RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD