Shatkarmi, Ṣaṭkarmi, Satkarmī: 1 definition

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Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Ṣaṭkarmi (ಷಟ್ಕರ್ಮಿ):—[noun] a brāhmaṇa who performs the six daily duties a) studying of the vedas, teaching of the vedas, offering sacrifices, conducting of sacrifices for others, giving of gits, and accepting of gifts or, b) religious bathing, repetition of prayers three times a day, worshipping of the Supreme Being, daily oblations to the gods, sages and dead ancestors and oblations of fuel, rice etc. to fire, and worshipping of the secondary gods either at home or in temples.

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Satkarmi (ಸತ್ಕರ್ಮಿ):—[noun] a man who carries out only virtuous deeds.

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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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