Sacred in Malayalam
Sacred is പാവന (pavana), an adjective meaning pure, holy and purifying, placed before nouns in religious and literary language. ആദ്ധ്യാത്മിക (aaddhyaathmika) is the other option, but it leans towards spiritual and metaphysical rather than sacred.
Most common translation
Pure, sacred, purifying.
ഗംഗ ഒരു പാവന നദിയാണ്.
ganga oru pavana nadiyaanu.
The Ganga is a sacred river.
All Malayalam words for “sacred”
- പാവന (pavana) — Pure, sacred, purifying.
- ആദ്ധ്യാത്മിക (aaddhyaathmika) — Pertaining to the Supreme Soul, sacred, spiritual, metaphysical.
- അഗ്നിസാക്ഷിക (agnisakshika) — Having fire as a witness (in sacred rites), done(married)before fire.
- അഗ്നിസാക്ഷിണി (agnisakshini) — Woman married with the sacred fire as witness.
- അഷ്ട മംഗല്യ (ashta mamgalya) — Eight auspicious objects for sacred ceremonies.
- കൗതുകം (kouthukam) — Interest, curiosity, joy, longing, object of wonder or curiosity, sacred band tied on the hands of the couple during marriage.
- തോലിടുക (tholiduka) — Cover with leather, manure with leaves, wear a satrap of leather (of antelope) by Brahmin boys at the time of wearing the sacred thread.
- ദൈവിക (daivika) — Divine, of God, heavenly or sacred.
- പരിപാവനം (paripaavanam) — Sth. very holy or sacred.
- പാവനസ്മരണ (paavanasmarana) — Sacred memory.
- പുണ്യതീര്ത്ഥം (punyatheertham) — Place of pilgrimage, water of a sacred river, holy water.
- പുരാണം (puranam) — Sacred or holy poetical work, legend, old history, mythology.
- സൂത്രം (soothram) — String, thread, the sacred thread worn by certain castes, formula, code, abbreviation.
The remaining entries are specific: agnisakshika and agnisakshini concern marriage with fire as witness, and ashta mamgalya is the set of eight auspicious objects used in ceremonies.
Common questions
How do you say sacred in Malayalam?
പാവന (pavana).
Which word fits a sacred text or ceremony?
പാവന (pavana) for sacred, while ആദ്ധ്യാത്മിക (aaddhyaathmika) suits spiritual matters.