ஆலாத்தி

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

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.

ஆலாத்திகாட்ட, inf. To wave the above offering.

ஆலாத்தித்தட்டு, s. The salver in which the ஆலாத்தி is waved. 2. One of the decks in a ship.

ஆலாத்தியெடுக்க, inf. To take lighted camphor, &c. before the idol and wave it round; also before a new married couple, &c.