[Tel.] n. A superstitious rite (upasruti) regarding omens: a few grains of rice (aksatalu) put in water are flung on the roof of a neighbour’s house: he who so casts them sits in a corner and listens for any words he can overhear in the family: the words are put together and a meaning is elicited. “sakunajnula nadugudu ratla, yenaranga pocillu poturu mariyu, gadde cusinturu gaura nomuduru.” L. iii. 105.