Carmakāra (Jāti)

Carmakāra · carma-kāra, “the leather-worker”

Grammar: masculine noun; carma (leather) with kāra (maker): the leather-worker.

Meaning: a jāti, the leather-workers.

In the scriptures: In the Brahma Vaivarta Purāṇa, in the account of the mixed jātis, the Carmakāra is born of a Tīvara and a Caṇḍāla woman (Brahma Vaivarta Purāṇa, Brahma Khaṇḍa, Chapter 10).

Related terms: Tīvara · Caṇḍāla · Jāti

Sources

• Brahma Vaivarta Purāṇa, Brahma Khaṇḍa, Chapter 10