The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

appamattikam pi p˚ k˚ kata' ta' ena' niraya' upaneti "even a small sin brings man to N." A i.249, tay!
v'eta' p˚ k˚ kata' tvañ ñeva etassa vip!ka' pa&isa'vedissasi "you yourself have done this sin you yourself
shall feel its consequences" M iii.180= A i.139, na hi p˚ kata' k˚ sajju kh"ra' va muccati Dh 71=Nett 161;
yassa p˚ kata' k˚ kusalena pith"yati
-- 192 --
so ima' loka' pabh!seti "he will shine in this world who covers an evil deed with a good one" M ii.104=
Dh 173=Th 1, 872; p˚ -- ssa k˚ -- ssa samatikkamo "the overcoming of evil karma" S iv.320; p˚ssa k˚ssa
kiriy!ya "in the performance of evil" M i.372; p˚!ni k˚!ni kara' b!lo na bujjhati "he, like a fool, awaketh
not, doing sinful deeds" Dh 136=Th 1, 146; p!p! p˚ehi k˚ehi niraya' upapajjare "sinners by virtue of evil
deeds go to N." Dh 307; te ca p˚esu k˚esu abhi*ham upadissare Sn 140. -- p!pak!ni kamm!ni: p˚!na'
k˚!na' hetu cora' r!j!no g!hetv! vividh! kammak!ra*! k!renti "for his evil deeds the kings seize the thief
and have him punished" A i.48; ye loke p˚!ni k˚ karonti te vividh! kamma -- k!ra*! kar"yanti "those who
do evil deeds in this world, are punished with various punishments" M iii.186=A i.142; k˚' karoti p˚'
k!yena v!c! uda cetas! v! Sn 232 (=kh 190); similarly Sn 127; karont! p˚' k˚' ya' hoti ka&ukapphala',
"doing evil which is of bitter fruit" Dh 66= S i.57=Nett 131; k˚ehi p˚ehi Sn 215. -- In the same sense: na ta'
k˚' kata' s!dhu ya' katv! anutappati "not well done is that deed for which he feels remorse" S i.57=Dh 67
=Nett 132; !veni -- kamm!ni karonti (with ref. to sangha -- bheda) A v.74; adhammikakamm!ni A i.74;
asuci -- k˚!ni (as suggested by 5 and attributes: asuci, duggandha, etc.) A iii.269; s!vajjakamm!ni (as
deserving Niraya) (opp. avajja > sagga) A ii.237; kamm!ni !nantarik!ni deeds which have an immediate
effect; there are five, enumd at Vbh 378. (e) deeds characterized as good or meritorious (kusala,
bhaddaka, etc.) ta' k˚' katv! kusala' sukhudraya' D iii.157; puñña -- kammo of meritorious (character) S
i.143; kusalehi k˚ehi vippayutt! carati viññ!*acariy! Ps i.80; kusalassa k˚ssa katatt! Vbh 173 sq.; 266 sq.;
297 sq.; kusala -- k˚ -- paccay!ni Bdhd 12; puññakamma, merit, compd with kapparukkha in its rewarding
power VvA 32 (cp. puññânubh!va -- nissandena "in consequence of their being affected with merit" PvA
58) -- Cp. also cpds.: kamma -- kilesa, k˚ -- &&h!na, k˚ -- patha; k˚lakkha*a k˚ -- sam!d!na. 3. (Interaction)
A. in subjective relation; (a) character of interaction as regards action; action or deed as having results:
phala and vip!ka (fruit and maturing); both expressions being used either singly or jointly, either˚ -- or
independt; phala: tassa mayha' at"te katassa kammassa phala' "the fruit of a deed done by me in former
times" ThA 270; Vv 479 (=VvA 202); desan! . . . k -- phala' paccakkhak!ri*" "an instruction
demonstrating the fruit of action" PvA 1; similarly PvA 2; cp. also ibid. 26, 49, 52, 82 (v. l. for
kammabala). vip!ka : yassa k˚ssa vip!kena . . . niraye pacceyy!si . . . "through the ripening of whatever
deed will you be matured (i. e. tortured) in N." M ii.104; tassa k˚ssa vip!kena sagga' loka' uppajji "by the
result of that deed he went to Heaven" S i.92; ii.255; k -- vip!ka -- kovida "well aware of the fruit of
action," i. e. of retribution Sn 653; kissa kvip!kena "through the result of what (action)" Pv i.65; inun!
asubhena k -- vip!kena Nett 160; k -- vip!ka with ref. to avy!kata -- dhamm!: Vbh 182; with ref. to jh!na
ibid. 268, 281; with ref. to dukkha ibid. 106; k -- vip!ka -- ja produced by the maturing of (some evil)
action, as one kind of !b!dha, illness: A v.110=Nd2 3041; same as result of good action, as one kind of
iddhi (supernatural power) Ps ii.174; -- vip!ka (adj.). asakkaccakat!na' kamm!na' vip!ko the reaper of
careless deeds A iv.393; der. vepakka (adj.) in dukkha -- vepakka resulting in pain Sn 537. -- --
phala+vip!ka: freq. in form. suka&a dukkha&!na' kamm!na' phala' vip!ko: D i.55= iii.264=M i.401=S
iv.348=A i.268=iv.226= v.265, 286 sq.; cp. J.P.T.S. 1883, 8; nissanda -- phalabh(to vip!ko ThA 270;
ti**a' k˚!na' phala', ti**a' k -- !na' vip!ko D ii.186 -- (b) the effect of the deed on the doer: the
consequences fall upon the doer, in the majority of cases expressed as punishment or affliction: yath!
yathâya' puriso kamma' karoti tath! tath! ta' pa&isa'vedissati "in whichever way this man does a deed, in
the same way he will experience it (in its effect)" A i.249; na vijjati so jagati -- ppadeso yath! &hito
muñceyya p!pa -- kamm! "there is no place in the world where you could escape the consequences of evil -
- doing" Dh 127=Miln 150=PvA 104, cp. Divy 532; so the action is represented as vedaniya, to be felt; in
various combinations: in this world or the future state, as good or bad, as much or little A iv.382; the agent
is represented as the inheritor, possessor, of (the results of) his action in the old formula: kammassak! satt!
k -- d!y!d! k -- yon" k -- bandh( . . . ya' k˚' karonti kaly!na' v! p!paka' v! tassa d!y!d! bhavanti M
iii.203=A iii.72 sq.=186=v.88~288 sq. (see also cpds.). The punishment is expressed by kammakara*a (or
˚k!ra*a), "being done back with the deed," or the reaction of the deed, in phrase kamma -- kara*a' k!reti or
k!r!peti "he causes the reaction of the deed to take place" and pass, kamma -- kara*! kar"yati he is afflicted