sancita karma; karma from present life affecting next life
Buddhist technical term for karma whose cause is in the present life but whose effect manifests in the next life. Also referred to as 順生業.
See also: 順生業
Sancita karma is the concept that actions in this life bring results in the next life.
Buddhist term composed of 順次 (in order, sequential) and 業 (karma, action). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning of sequential karma.