Shatukarma, Śaṭukarma, Shatu-karma, Śaṭu-karma: 1 definition

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

Śaṭukarma (ಶಟುಕರ್ಮ):—

1) [noun] the six daily duties of a brāhmaṇa studying of the vedas, teaching of the vedas, offering sacrifices, conducting of sacrifices for others, giving of gits, and accepting of gifts.

2) [noun] (according to another school) the six daily duties of a brāhmaṇa are 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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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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