Shakyamata, Śākyamata, Śakyamata, Shakya-mata, Śakya-mata: 1 definition

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[«previous next»] — Shakyamata in Kannada glossary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Śākyamata (ಶಾಕ್ಯಮತ):—[noun] a religion originated in India by Buddha (Gautama), holding that life is full of suffering caused by desire and that the way to end this suffering is through enlightenment that enables one to halt the endless sequence of births and deaths to which one is otherwise subject; Buddhism.

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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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