Category: culturePart of speech: nounDifficulty: Common

ಉಗಾದಿ

/ugādi/Roman

English meaning: Ugadi

Kannada Definition

(ಕನ್ನಡ)

ಕನ್ನಡಿಗರ ಮತ್ತು ತೆಲುಗರ ಹೊಸ ವರ್ಷದ ಹಬ್ಬ.

English Definition

The Kannada and Telugu New Year festival celebrated in spring.

Example

ಉಗಾದಿ ಹಬ್ಬದಂದು ಬೇವು-ಬೆಲ್ಲ ತಿನ್ನುತ್ತಾರೆ.

In English: On Ugadi festival, people eat neem and jaggery.

Synonyms

  • ಯುಗಾದಿ

Literary Heritage

ಕಾಯಕವೇ ಕೈಲಾಸ

/Kayakave kailasa/

Work itself is paradise — honest labour is divine.

Basavanna · Philosopher, Social Reformer & Poet · 1131–1167 CE

Vachanas

Basavanna's foundational teaching on the dignity of labour

ಓ ನನ್ನ ಚೇತನ ಆಗು ನೀ ಅನಿಕೇತನ

/O nanna chetana aagu nee aniketana/

O my spirit, become one without a fixed abode — free, boundless, universal.

Kuvempu (K. V. Puttappa) · Rashtra Kavi (National Poet of Karnataka) · 1904–1994

Viswamanuva Geete

Kuvempu's call for a universal human identity beyond caste, religion, and region

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Language
ಕನ್ನಡ
Kannada
Script
Kannada
Family
Dravidian
Speakers
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