Rites in Malayalam
ആചാരം (aacharam) is the word for customary rites, the inherited practice a family or a temple follows. It covers the observances at a birth, a wedding and a festival, and it carries the authority of custom.
Custom, traditional practice, customary rites, ritual.
ഈ ആചാരം ഞങ്ങളുടെ നാട്ടില് പഴയതാണ്
ee aacharam njangalude naattil pazhayathaanu
This custom is old in our village.
All Malayalam words for “rites”
- ആചാരം (aacharam) — Custom, traditional practice, customary rites, ritual.
- അഗ്നിസാക്ഷിക (agnisakshika) — Having fire as a witness (in sacred rites), done(married)before fire.
- അന്തിമോപചാരം (anthimopacharam) — The last rites, funeral rites.
- അപരക്രിയ (aparakriya) — Funeral rites, obsequies.
- ഉത്തരക്രിയ (utharakriya) — Funeral rites.
- ജലകര്മ്മം (jalakarmmam) — Funeral rites.
- പൂജാവിധി (poojavidhi) — The usual rites connected with formal worship.
- ബലിയിടുക (baliyiduka) — Perform obsequies for the souls of departed forefather's, perform funeral rite, rites connected with death anniversary of close relatives.
- ശേഷക്രിയ (sheshakriya) — Obsequies, funeral rites.
Most of the other entries are funeral rites: anthimopacharam is the last respects, and aparakriya, utharakriya and jalakarmmam are the obsequies performed for the dead, while poojavidhi is the order of temple worship and agnisakshika describes a marriage made with fire as witness.
Common questions
How do you say rites in Malayalam?
Say ആചാരം (aacharam) for customary rites.
What are the last rites called?
അന്തിമോപചാരം (anthimopacharam), and the obsequies themselves are ഉത്തരക്രിയ (utharakriya).