1. ಷಟ್ಕರ್ಮ

    ♪ ṣaṭkarma
      noun
    1. 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. (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.
    3. the six principal occupation of olden days - military service, giving education, agriculture, commerce (& trade), construction, and animal husbandry.
  2. ಶಟುಕರ್ಮ

    ♪ śaṭu karma
      noun
    1. 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. (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.
  3. ಷಟ್ಕರ್ಮಿ

    ♪ ṣaṭkarmi
      noun
    1. 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.