Name of this ceremony.
N. of this ceremony. [ID=26169]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
आरात्रिकārātrika
आरात्रिक (ārātrika) is a Sanskrit word meaning name of this ceremony, the lamp or vessel waved at night before an idol, the ceremony of waving lights before an idol, waving lamps at night before an image, waving lamps in the presence of an image, waving a light at night before an idol. Its 7 recorded definitions are grouped into 3 contexts, among them The Ritual Act/Ceremony, Ceremony and/or Associated Object, The Light/Lamp/Vessel.
- Etymology
- E. आङ् before रात्रि night, कन added
- Definitions
- 7
Meanings by context
The Ritual Act/Ceremony
4 definitions
Waving lamps at night before an image
आरात्रि (rātri)क (ārātrika) [Printed book page 119]
आरात्रि (rātri)क (ārātrika) n. (-कं (-kaṃ)) Waving lamps at night before an image.
आरात्रि (rātri)क (ārātrika) n. (-कं (-kaṃ)) Waving lamps at night before an image.
E. आङ् (āṅ) before रात्रि (rātri) night, कन (kana) added.
[ID=5729]— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Waving lamps in the presence of an image.
आरात्रिक (ārātrika) [Printed book page 096-a]
आ-रात्रिक (ā-rātrika) (कं) ((kaṃ)) 1. n. Waving lamps in the presence of an image. [ID=5111]
आ-रात्रिक (ā-rātrika) (कं) ((kaṃ)) 1. n. Waving lamps in the presence of an image. [ID=5111]
— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Waving lamps at night before an image
आरात्रि (rātri)क (ārātrika) [Printed book page 097-b]
आरात्रि (rātri)क (ārātrika)
आरात्रि (rātri)क (ārātrika)
n. (-कं (-kaṃ)) Waving lamps at night before an image.
E. आङ् (āṅ) before रात्रि (rātri) night, कन् (kan) added.
[ID=5727]— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Ceremony and/or Associated Object
2 definitions
1. Waving a light at night before an idol. 2. A light waved in this manner.
आरात्रिक (ārātrika) [Printed book page 106-27]
आरात्रिक (ārātrika) n. 1. Waving a light or a vessel containing it at night before an idol, e.g. आरात्रिक (ārātrika)ं भक्तजनस्तु कुर्यात् (ārātrikaṃ bhaktajanastu kuryāt); 2. a light so waved, पात्रमारात्रिकस्य भ्रमयति मयि (pātramārātrikasya bhramayati mayi) Śankara. [ID=5349]
आरात्रिक (ārātrika) n. 1. Waving a light or a vessel containing it at night before an idol, e.g. आरात्रिक (ārātrika)ं भक्तजनस्तु कुर्यात् (ārātrikaṃ bhaktajanastu kuryāt); 2. a light so waved, पात्रमारात्रिकस्य भ्रमयति मयि (pātramārātrikasya bhramayati mayi) Śankara. [ID=5349]
— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. The lamp or vessel waved at night before an idol. 2. The ceremony of waving lights before an idol.
आरात्रिक (ārātrika) [Printed book page 0128-a]
आरात्रिक (ārātrika) ā-rātrika, am, n. the light or the vessel containing it which is waved at night before an idol; N. of this ceremony; N. of another cere- mony. [ID=9097]
आरात्रिक (ārātrika) ā-rātrika, am, n. the light or the vessel containing it which is waved at night before an idol; N. of this ceremony; N. of another cere- mony. [ID=9097]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)
The Light/Lamp/Vessel
1 definition
the light or the vessel containing it waved at night before an idol
(H1) [Printed book page 150,2]
आ-रात्रिक (ā-rātrika) n. the light (or the vessel containing it) which is waved at night before an idol [ID=26168]
आ-रात्रिक (ā-rātrika) n. the light (or the vessel containing it) which is waved at night before an idol [ID=26168]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
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Definitions on this page come from 6 works: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.