Shatkarmman, Ṣaṭkarmman: 1 definition
Introduction:
Shatkarmman means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit term Ṣaṭkarmman can be transliterated into English as Satkarmman or Shatkarmman, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryṢaṭkarmman (षट्कर्म्मन्).—m.
(-rmmā) 1. A Brahman. 2. An adept, (in the Tantras, &c.) n. (-rmma or pl. -rmmāṇi) 1. The six acts proper for a Brahman, (collectively,) or teaching the Vedas, holy study, offering sacrifices, conducting them for others, giving, and accepting gifts. 2. Six acts allowable to a Brahman for subsistence, or gleaning, accepting gifts, asking alms, agriculture, trade, and tending cattle, or according to some lending money at interest. 3. The six acts taught in the Tantras, or killing, infatuating, enthralling, expelling, exciting animosity, and the stopping or privation of any faculty. E. ṣaṣ six, karmman act or duty.
--- OR ---
Satkarmman (सत्कर्म्मन्).—n. (-rmma) 1. A good act, piety, virtue. 2. Hospitality. 3. Funeral obsequies. 4. Expiation. E. sat and karmman act; also satkriyā, &c.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Relevant text
No search results for Shatkarmman, Ṣaṭkarmman, Satkarmman; (plurals include: Shatkarmmans, Ṣaṭkarmmans, Satkarmmans) in any book or story.