Karma, in several Eastern religions, is the concept of "action" or "deed", understood as that which causes the entire cycle of cause and effect.

Karma may also refer to:

Computing

  • KARMA attack, an attack capable of exploiting some WiFi systems
  • Karma, a physics engine used in Unreal Engine 2
  • Karma, a trust metric in online moderation or rating systems
  • Karma, the voting system on Reddit
  • Karma spyware, an iPhone spyware tool used by Dark Matter

Stage and screen

  • Karma (1918 play), an English-language play
  • Karma (1933 film), a Hindi- and English-language film
  • Karma (1981 film), a Filipino drama film
  • Karma (1986 film), an Indian Hindi film
  • Karma (1995 film), a Malayalam film of 1995
  • Karma (2008 Indian film), an English-language psychological thriller film
  • Karma (2008 Indonesian film), a paranormal drama film
  • Karma (2010 film), an Indian Telugu film
  • Karma (2012 film), a Sinhala adult drama film
  • Karma (2015 Thai film), a horror film
  • Karma (2015 Tamil film), a murder mystery film
  • Karma (2024 film), an Indian Odia-language action-thriller film
  • Karma (2026 film), a French psychological thriller film
  • Karma (American TV series), an American children's reality web series
  • Karma (Hong Kong TV series), a Hong Kong horror television series
  • Karma (Indian TV series), an Indian superhero television series
  • Karma (South Korean TV series), a South Korean crime thriller television series
  • "Karma" (How I Met Your Mother), a television episode
  • "Karma" (Person of Interest), a television episode

Music

  • Karma (American band), a progressive rock/jazz band
  • Karma Productions or Carvin & Ivan, a music production duo

Albums

  • Karma (Delerium album) (1997)
  • Karma (Robin Eubanks album) (1991)
  • Karma (Fanatic Crisis album) (1994)
  • Karma (Kamelot album) (2001)
  • Karma (Mucc album) (2010)
  • Karma (Myrath album) (2024)
  • Karma (Pharoah Sanders album) (1969)
  • Karma (Mike Singer album) (2017)
  • Karma (Rick Springfield album) (1999)
  • Karma (Stray Kids album) (2025)
  • Karma (Tarkan album) (2001)
  • Karma (Winger album) (2009)

Songs

  • "Karma" (AJR song), 2019
  • "Karma" (Alicia Keys song), 2004
  • "Karma" (Alma song), 2016
  • "Karma" (Anxhela Peristeri song), 2021
  • "Karma" (Bump of Chicken song), 2005
  • "Karma" (JoJo Siwa song), 2024
  • "Karma's a Bitch", Brit Smith's version of the song, 2024
  • "Karma" (Kokia song), 2009
  • "Karma" (Lloyd Banks song), 2004
  • "Karma" (Marina song), 2019
  • "Karma" (The Black Eyed Peas song), 1999
  • "Karma" (The Kolors song), 2024
  • "Karma" (The Saturdays song), 2010
  • "Karma" (Taylor Swift song), 2022
  • "Karma (What Goes Around)", by 1200 Techniques, 2002
  • "Karma", by Ayra Starr from 19 & Dangerous, 2021
  • "Karma", by Burhan G & L.O.C. from Din for Evigt, 2013
  • "Karma", by Darin from Flashback, 2008
  • "Karma", by deSol from deSol, 2005
  • "Karma", by Diffuser from Mission: Impossible 2, 2000
  • "Karma", by Enhypen from Dark Blood, 2023
  • "Karma", by Estelle from Lovers Rock, 2018
  • "Karma", by Faizal Tahir from Adrenalin, 2010
  • "Karma", by Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas from Hypertoughness, 2019
  • "Karma", by Jessica Andrews from Who I Am, 2001
  • "Karma", by Joss Stone from LP1, 2011
  • "Karma", by Kamelot from Karma, 2001
  • "Karma", by Mike Singer from Karma, 2017
  • "Karma", by Opeth from My Arms, Your Hearse, 1998
  • "Karma", by Parkway Drive from Deep Blue, 2010
  • "Karma", by The Reklaws from Sophomore Slump, 2020
  • "Karma (Comes Back Around)", by Adam F from Kaos: The Anti-Acoustic Warfare, 2001

People

Given name

  • Karma (archer) (born 1990), Bhutanese archer
  • Karma Chagme, 17th-century Tibetan lama
  • Karma Phuntsho, Bhutanese scholar
  • Karma Phuntsok (born 1952), Tibetan painter
  • Karma Rigzin, Bhutanese police officer and UN peacekeeper
  • Karma Thinley Rinpoche (born 1931), Tibetan lama resident in Canada
  • Karma Thutob Namgyal (died 1610), prince of the Tsangpa dynasty that ruled parts of Central Tibet
  • Karma Tsewang (born 1988), Indian footballer
  • Karma Tshomo (born 1973), Bhutanese archer
  • Karma Yonzon, Nepali musician and composer
  • Karma-Ann Swanepoel, South African-born singer, as Karma

Nickname

  • Karma (Call of Duty player) or Damon Barlow (born 1993)
  • Karma (wrestler) (born 2001), Japanese professional wrestler

Places

  • Karma, Karma District, a village in Belarus
  • Karma District, an administrative subdivision in Belarus
  • Karma, Koderma, a census town in Koderma district, Jharkhand, Bihar
  • Karma, Koderma, Jharkhand, India
  • Karma, Niger
  • Karma, Hebron, a Palestinian village
  • Karma valley, a Himalayan valley, Tibet

Vehicles

  • Fisker Karma, a hybrid electric sportscar
  • Karma Revero, a hybrid electric sportscar that replaced the Fisker Karma
  • GoPro Karma, an American camera drone
  • Karma Automotive, an automaker

Other uses

  • Karma (character), a Marvel Comics superheroine
  • Karma (telecom company), a WiFi-based ISP
  • Karma Nightclub & Cabaret, a former gay nightclub in Lincoln, Nebraska
  • Karma (novel), a 2014 novel by Karanam Pavan Prasad
  • Karma (plant), a genus of flowering plants in the orchid family
  • "Karma" (short story), a short story by Khushwant Singh
  • Korg KARMA, a workstation, the first implementation of the KARMA music system
  • Karma, a dog food brand of Procter & Gamble

See also

  • Karm (disambiguation)
  • Karam (disambiguation)
  • Karmah (disambiguation)
  • Karra (disambiguation)
  • Kamma (disambiguation), Pali form of karma
  • Karma-Ann Swanepoel, lead singer of Henry Ate
  • Karuma, a settlement in Uganda
  • Kharma (wrestler) or Kia Stevens (born 1977), American professional wrestler and actress
  • Kama, "desire, wish, longing" in Indian literature