Symboli karmae, sicut nodus sine fine (supra), sunt quotidiana culturae signa in Asia. Nodi fine carentes causam et effectum coniunctum repraesentant, circulum karmicum qui in aeternum persistit. Hic nodus in media precumrota videri potest.
"Karma," Encyclopaedia Britannica, ed. 11a (Novi Eboraci), 15:679–680: "Karma meaning deed or action; in addition, it also has philosophical and technical meaning, denoting a person's deeds as determining his future lot."
The Encyclopedia of World Religions, ed. Robert Ellwood et Gregory Alles (ISBN 978-0-8160-6141-9), 253: "Karma: Sanskrit word meaning action and the consequences of action."
Hans Torwesten, Vedanta: Heart of Hinduism,ISBN 978-0-8021-3262-8 (Novi Eboraci: Grove Press, 1994), 97: "In the Vedas the word karma (work, deed or action, and its resulting effect)."