puja

[ poo-jah ]

noun

, Hinduism.

1. the worship of a particular god.

puja

/ ˈpuːdʒaː /

noun

1. Hinduism a ritual in honour of the gods, performed either at home or in the mandir (temple)

Word History and Origins

Origin of puja¹

From the Sanskrit word pūjā

Word History and Origins

Origin of puja¹

from Sanskrit: worship

Example Sentences

A quarter of an hour before the evening meal every Hindu, old or young, has to perform a "puja" before the gods.

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With the money which he had in hand he used to buy cheap tinsel wares from Calcutta before the Puja holidays.

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The Saraswati Puja was performed with great éclat and the five rupees could easily have been spared.

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My kinsman and myself were returning to Calcutta from our Puja trip when we met the man in a train.

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The large hall of worship formed one side of the puja mahal; on the other three sides were two-storied houses.

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