Dictionary Meaning of ஆலாத்தி

ஆலாத்தி சுழற்ற லென்கோ (சௌந்தரி. 103). Light, etc., waved before an idol or any important personage. See ஆரத்தி.

ஆலத்தி.

[ālātti] ''s.'' [''in poetry, sometimes contr. to'' ஆலத்தி.] The ceremony of wav ing lighted camphor, to avert the blight of the eyes of unlucky persons, on mar riage or other special occasions; also in front of the idol, after the procession, be fore it is taken into the temple. The term is applied both to the light, &c. waved, and the waving--as ஆரதி.

n. < ā-rati. Light, etc.,waved before an idol or any important personage. See ஆரத்தி. ஆலாத்தி சுழற்ற லென்கோ(சௌந்தரி. 103).