puja
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of puja
From the Sanskrit word pūjā
Example Sentences
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"The whole of this marine area is a protected zone. To destroy it would be fatal for this region's biodiversity," Emiljona Puja, a finance worker, told AFP.
From Barron's • Jun. 6, 2026
French government bonds are calm for now but this looks an “unstable equilibrium” given uncertainties surrounding the budget, say Citi strategists Aman Bansal and Puja Sawant in a note.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025
Kolkata is celebrating its biggest annual festival - Durga Puja, when the ten-armed Goddess Durga is said to visit her earthly home, her entire family in tow.
From BBC • Oct. 10, 2024
Puja Agarwal, a nutritional epidemiologist at the Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, called the new findings “encouraging.”
From Seattle Times • Jan. 24, 2024
For an account of the festival which makes its tantric character very clear see Durgâ Puja by Pratapachandra Ghosha, Calcutta, 1871.
From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 by Eliot, Charles, Sir
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