Kuticakam, Kuṭīcakam: 1 definition

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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Kuṭīcakam (குடீசகம்) noun < kuṭīcaka. A kind of asceticism, the lowest of four orders of caṉṉiyācam, q.v., which permits the ascetic to get his meals through his sons or relations, though living separately in a hermitage; நால் வகைத்துறவுகளுள் மிக எளிதானதும் தன் புத்திரர் அல்லது சுற்றத்தாரால் உண்டிமுதலிய பெற்றுப் பர்ணசாலையில் வசித்தற்குரியதுமான சன்னியாசம். பட்டதுயர்கெடுங் குடீசகம் [nal vagaithuravugalul miga elithanathum than puthirar allathu surratharal undimuthaliya perrup parnasalaiyil vasitharkuriyathumana sanniyasam. pattathuyarkedung kudisagam] (கைவல்ய நவநீதம் சந்தே. [kaivalya navanitham santhe.] 158).

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