Ritual in Malayalam
Malayalam words whose English meaning includes “ritual”:
- അടിച്ചുതളി (adichuthali) — Sweep the floor and sprinkle water on it (to purify it as a ritual), the work of sweeping and scrubbing the floor.
- ആചാരം (aacharam) — Custom, traditional practice, customary rites, ritual.
- ഉഗ്രനിഷ്ഠ (ugranishta) — Fierce practice, performance or ritual.
- കളിയാട്ടം (kaliyattam) — Play, fun, amusement, a temple ritual accompanied by songs.
- പടയണി (padayani) — Battle array, a kind of rustic ritual performance in Devi temples.