Udakakarman, Udaka-karman: 5 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Udakakarman (उदककर्मन्).—presentation of (a libation of) water to dead ancestors or the manes; लुप्तपिण्डोदकक्रियाः (luptapiṇḍodakakriyāḥ) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 1.42. वृकोदरस्योदकक्रियां कुरु (vṛkodarasyodakakriyāṃ kuru) Ve.6; Y.3.4.

Udakakarman is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms udaka and karman (कर्मन्). See also (synonyms): udakakārya, udakakriyā, udakadāna.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Udakakarman (उदककर्मन्).—[neuter] libation of water (v. [preceding]).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Udakakarman (उदककर्मन्):—[=udaka-karman] [from udaka > und] n. presentation of water (to dead ancestors as far as the fourteenth degree), [Pāraskara-gṛhya-sūtra]

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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.

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