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  2. Karma - Wikipedia

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    The term karma (Sanskrit: कर्म; Pali: kamma) refers to both the executed 'deed, work, action, act' and the 'object, intent'. [3]Wilhelm Halbfass (2000) explains karma (karman) by contrasting it with the Sanskrit word kriya: [3] whereas kriya is the activity along with the steps and effort in action, karma is (1) the executed action as a consequence of that activity, as well as (2) the ...

  3. Karma in Buddhism - Wikipedia

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    Karma (Sanskrit, also karman, Pāli: kamma, Tib. las [ 1 ] ) is a Sanskrit term that literally means "action" or "doing". The word karma derives from the verbal root kṛ , which means "do, make, perform, accomplish."

  4. Kármán line - Wikipedia

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    Earth's atmosphere photographed from the International Space Station.The orange and green line of airglow is at roughly the altitude of the Kármán line. [1]The Kármán line (or von Kármán line / v ɒ n ˈ k ɑːr m ɑː n /) [2] is a conventional definition of the edge of space; it is widely but not universally accepted.

  5. Karma in Hinduism - Wikipedia

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    Prarabdha karma is experienced through the present body and is only a part of sanchita karma, which is the sum of one's past karma's, Kriyamana karma is the karma that is being performed in the present whereas Agami karma is the result of current decisions and actions.

  6. Karma in Jainism - Wikipedia

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    Karma is the basic principle within an overarching psycho-cosmology in Jainism.Human moral actions form the basis of the transmigration of the soul ().The soul is constrained to a cycle of rebirth, trapped within the temporal world (), until it finally achieves liberation ().

  7. Volkswagen Karmann Ghia - Wikipedia

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    Three companies and numerous individuals came together in the history of the Karmann Ghia. In the early 1950s, Volkswagen was producing its Volkswagen Beetle, and as postwar standards of living increased, executives at Volkswagen were at least receptive to adding a halo model to its range, if not actively seeking an additional model.

  8. Law of the wall - Wikipedia

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    law of the wall, horizontal velocity near the wall with mixing length model. In fluid dynamics, the law of the wall (also known as the logarithmic law of the wall) states that the average velocity of a turbulent flow at a certain point is proportional to the logarithm of the distance from that point to the "wall", or the boundary of the fluid region.

  9. Karmann - Wikipedia

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    Wilhelm Karmann GmbH, commonly known as Karmann, was a German automobile manufacturer and contract manufacturer based in Osnabrück, Germany.Founded by Wilhelm Karmann in 1901, the company specialised in various automotive roles, including design, production and assembly of components for a wide variety of automobile manufacturers, including Chrysler, Porsche, Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen Group.