Merit and demerit
idea · 2 works · 2 mentions · 3 anchored passages
demerit · merit · adharma · dharma · puṇya · pāpa
spoken of as
1 expressiondharma/adharma“merit and demerit”1 mention
Tarkasaṃgraha (Sanskrit)
Demerit (adharma), however, is produced by prohibited action.
in the texts
Tarkasaṃgraha
Qualities produced respectively by enjoined and prohibited action.
Demerit (adharma), however, is produced by prohibited action.
Merit (dharma) is produced by enjoined action.
Sāṃkhyatattvavivecana
The karmic factors of merit and demerit that determine the destinies of transmigrating embodied beings.
by demerit, the attainment of animals and the like;
By the force of demerit it transmigrates among animals and the like;