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Sañcita

सञ्चित

नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neutro) · सम् उपसर्ग (sam — completo) + चि धातु (ci — acumular) + क्त प्रत्यय

sañcita

Metaphysics

AI translation

Karma accumulated from past lives

Sañcita-karma is the total stock of karma accumulated in all past lives, not yet experienced. Part of it is selected for each new life as prārabdha. Together with āgāmi (in formation) and prārabdha (in progress), it completes the triple classification. Jñāna burns sañcita and āgāmi — they can germinate no more; only prārabdha continues until exhausted, keeping the body of the jñānī until natural death.

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Vishva Vidya (2026). Sañcita (सञ्चित). Vishva Vidya — Vedanta. https://vedanta.com.br/en/glossary/sanchita

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Vishva Vidya. "Sañcita (सञ्चित)." Vishva Vidya — Vedanta, January 1, 2026, https://vedanta.com.br/en/glossary/sanchita.

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Vishva Vidya. "Sañcita (सञ्चित)." Vishva Vidya — Vedanta, January 1, 2026. https://vedanta.com.br/en/glossary/sanchita.

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