Dikshe, Dīkṣe: 1 definition

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Dīkṣe (ದೀಕ್ಷೆ):—

1) [noun] preparation or consecration for a religious ceremony; an undertaking religious observances.

2) [noun] the observation itself; the solemn pledge to an act, service, etc.

3) [noun] spiritual advice given to a person at the time of initiation to a sacrifice, religious observance, etc.

4) [noun] a solemn and resolute determination.

5) [noun] the fact of not getting cut one’s hair or not getting shaved during the pregnancy of one’s wife or during the period of a religious undertaking.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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