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Kamma 20 Kamma
so imai) lokag pabh&seti " he will shine in this world
who covers an evil deed with a good one " M 11.104 =
Dh i73 = Th I, 872 p°-ssa k°-ssa ; samatikkamo " the
overcoming of evil karma" S iv.320 ; p°ssa k°s3a kiriyiya
" in the performance of evil " M 1.372 p°ani
;
k° sagga)
A 11.237; kamm&ni anantarikdni deeds which have an
immediate efiect ; there are five, enum"* at Vbh 378. —
(e) deeds characterized as good or meritorious (kiisala,
bhoddaka, etc.) tar) k°g katva kusalar) sukhudrayar)
D III. 1 57; puiifia-kammo of meritorious (character)
S 1. 143; kusalehi k''ehi vippayutta carati vififtaiDacariya
Ps i.8o ; kusalassa k^ssa katattd Vbh 173 sq.
266 sq. ; 297 sq. ; kusala-k°-paccayani Bdhd 12 puiiiia-
;
kamma, merit, corap'' with kappanikkha in its rewarding
power VvA 32 (cp. puflfidnubhava-nissandena
" in consequence of their being afiected with merit "
PvA 58) — Cp. also cpds.: kamma-kilesa, k°-Uhana,
k°-patha ; k'lakkhaqa k°-samadana.
3. (Interaction) A. in subjecUve relation ; (a) character
of interaction as regards action ; action or deed as having
results : phala and vipaka (fruit and maturing) ; both expressions
being used either singly or jointly, either °—or
independ' : phala: tassa mayhag atite katassa kammassa
phalag " the fruit of a deed done by me in former times "
ThA 270: Vv 47» (=VvA 202): desanS . . . k-phalag
paccakkhakariql " an instruction demonstrating the
fruit of action " PvA i ; similarly PvA 2 ; cp. also ibid.
26, 49, 52, 82 (v. 1. for kammabala). vipaka : yassa k°ssa
vipSkena . . . niiaye pacceyyasi " . . . through the ripening
of whatever deed will you be matured (i. e. tortured)
in N." M 11.104; tassa k°ssa vip&kena saggag lokag
uppajji " by the result of that deed he went to Heaven "
S 1.92 ; 11.255 ; k-vip4ka-kovida " well aware of the
fruit of action." i. e. of retribution Sn 653 ; kissa kvipakena
" through the result of what (action) " Pv
i.6»; inuna asubhena k-vipakena Nett 160; k- vipaka
with ref. to avyakata-dhamma : Vbh 182 ; with ref. to
jhana ibid. 268, 281 ; with ref. to dukkha ibid. 106;
k-vipaka-ja produced by the maturing of (some evil)
action, as one kind of abadha, illness: A v.iio = Nd*
304' same as ; result of good action, as one kind of iddhi
(supernatural power) Ps 11.174; -vipaka (adj.). asakkaccakatanag
kammanag vipako the reaper of careless
deeds A iv.393 ; der. vepakka (adj.) in dukkha-vepakka
resulting in pain Sn 537. phala -(-vipaka: freq. in
form, sukata dukkhatanag kammanag phalag vipako
D 1.55= 111.264 = M 1.401 = 3 lv.348=A l.268 = iv.226 =
v.265, 286 sq. ; cp. J.P.T.S. 1883, 8; nissanda-phalabhuto
vipako ThA 270 ; ti^nag k'anag phalag, tippag
k-anag vipako D 11.186 — (b) the effect of the deed on
the doer: the con.sequences fall upon the doer, in the
majority of cases expressed as punishment or affliction
yatha yath4yag : puriso kammag karoti tatha
tatha tag patisagvedissati " in whichever way this
man does a deed, in the same way he will experience it
(in its efiect) " A U49 ; na vijjati so jagati-ppadeso
yatha tbito muflceyya pSpa-kamma " there is no place
in the world where you could escape the consequences
of evil-doing" Dh i27 = Miln i50 = 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 : kammassaka
satta k-dayada k-yoni k-bandha . . . yag k°i)
karonti kalyanag va papakag va tassa dayada bhavanti
M 111.703= A 111.72 sq.= i86=v.88