# आरात्रिक (ārātrika)

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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 — E. āṅ before rātri night, kana added
- **SLP1:** `ArAtrika`  **IAST:** ārātrika  **Devanagari:** आरात्रिक
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/arati/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### The Ritual Act/Ceremony (4 definitions)
- Name of this ceremony.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of this ceremony. [ ID=26169 ]
- Waving lamps at night before an image  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > आरात्रि (rātri) क (ārātrika) [Printed book page 119 ] 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 ]
- Waving lamps in the presence of an image.  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > 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 ]
- Waving lamps at night before an image  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > आरात्रि (rātri) क (ārātrika) [Printed book page 097-b ] 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 ]

### Ceremony and/or Associated Object (2 definitions)
- 1. Waving a light at night before an idol. 2. A light waved in this manner.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > 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 ]
- 1. The lamp or vessel waved at night before an idol. 2. The ceremony of waving lights before an idol.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > 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 ]

### The Light/Lamp/Vessel (1 definition)
- the light or the vessel containing it waved at night before an idol  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (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 ]

## Sources

Definitions from 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, University of Cologne.

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