[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [The Purana Index](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951) › v1.c5.s7.523 # The Purana Index v1.c5.s7.523 The Purāṇa Index v1.c5.s7.523 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c5.s7.523](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c5.s7.523) Karma (II)—(Vedic) two-fold: Pravṛtta and Nivṛtta.¹ There is another classification of Karma: Vaidika, Tāntrika, and Miśra (mixed).² Kṛṣṇa advised Uddhava to pursue nivṛtta and abandon pravṛtta path.³ Karma exalted as the source of all good and evil, and appropriate to four castes: is done due to māyāmohan;⁴ does not lead to final destruction of Karman.⁵ - [Previous: v1.c5.s7.522](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c5.s7.522) - [Next: v1.c5.s7.524](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c5.s7.524) - [Up: v1.c5.s7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c5.s7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c5.s7.523](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c5.s7.523) · Pramāṇa