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ānantarya-karma

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ānantarya-karma (Skt.; Pāli, ānantariya-kamma). ‘Actions with immediate retribution’, the name given to five gravely wrong deeds that are said to result in rebirth in hell in the next life. They are parricide, matricide, killing an Arhat, wounding a Buddha, and causing a schism.

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