Translate me Indian into English: Agarbatti, Agarbathi

[ab]

Hi, I am from Poland/Central Europe. I am interested in incense
sticks. Mamy of them have indian language text on them:
agarbatti or agarbathi.
Can somebody translate me what do they mean. And, are these 2
words from different indian languages (which?) or have different
meanings in the same language (which?)?

[Viviane]

Post by ab
Hi, I am from Poland/Central Europe. I am interested in incense
agarbatti or agarbathi.
Can somebody translate me what do they mean. And, are these 2
words from different indian languages (which?) or have different
meanings in the same language (which?)?

From what I've read by searching with Google, both mean the same thing and
there is no other name for them in English. The fifth paragraph on this
page will give a good idea of what they are :
http://www.divinecrafts.com/incense_sticks.html

Hope this helps,

Viviane

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Post by Viviane

Post by ab
Hi, I am from Poland/Central Europe. I am interested in incense
agarbatti or agarbathi.
Can somebody translate me what do they mean. And, are these 2
words from different indian languages (which?) or have different
meanings in the same language (which?)?

From what I've read by searching with Google, both mean the same thing and
there is no other name for them in English. The fifth paragraph on this
http://www.divinecrafts.com/incense_sticks.html
Hope this helps,
Viviane

From my limited knowledge "agarbathi" is Hindi and simply means
"incense sticks" also called "joss sticks" in English. (I can't recall
for the moment whether "bathi" or "batti" is the correct
transliteration.) They are used when performing "puja", Hindu
religious ceremony, as well as in the home. There is every likelihood
that the same or similar term is used in other related languages, and
it is used by Indians speaking English.

Robin