षट्कर्मन् [ ṣaṭkarman ] [ ṣaṭ-karman ] n. the six duties of Brāhmans (viz. [ adhyayana ] , " studying or repeating the Veda " , [ adhyāpana ] , " teaching the Veda " , [ yajana ] " offering sacrifices " , [ yājana ] , " conducting them for others " , [ dāna ] , " giving " , and [ pratigraha ] , " accepting gifts " ) , Lit. ŚāṅkhGṛ. Lit. Mn. (the six daily duties accord. to the later law-books , are , [ snāna ] , " religious bathing " , [ saṃdhyājapa ] , " repetition of prayers at the three Saṃdhyās " , [ brahma-yajña ] , " worship of the Supreme Being by repeating the first words of sacred books " , [ tarpaṇa ] , " daily oblations of water to the gods , sages , and Pitṛis " , [ homa ] , " oblations of fuel , rice to fire " , [ deva-pūjā ] , " worship of the secondary gods either in the domestic sanctuary or in temples " ) Lit. Parāś. Lit. RTL. 394

   six acts any one of which is allowable to a Brāhman householder as a means of subsistence (viz. [ ṛta ] , " gleaning " , [ amṛta ] , " unsolicited alms " , [ mṛta ] , " solicited alms " , [ karṣaṇa ] , " agriculture " , [ satyānṛta ] , " commerce or trade " , [ śva-vṛtti ] , " servitude " , the last being condemned) Lit. Mn. iv , 4 , 5 , 6 , 9

   six acts belonging to the practice of Yoga (viz. [ dhautī ] , [ vastī ] , [ netī ] , [ trāṭaka ] , [ naulika ] , [ kapāla-bhātī ] , these consist of suppressions of the breath and self-mortifications of various kinds) Lit. Cat.

   six acts for inflicting various kinds of injury on enemies (viz. [ śānti ] , [ vaśya ] , [ stambhana ] , [ vidveṣa ] , [ uccāṭana ] , [ māraṇa ] , qq. vv. ; these acts consist in repeating certain magical spells and texts taught in the Tantras) Lit. ib.

   [ ṣaṭkarman ] m. a performer of the above six acts , a Brāhman who is an adept in the Tantra magical formularies Lit. Mn. Lit. MBh.