puja


pu·ja

also poo·ja (po͞o′jə)n. Hinduism 1. Any of various acts or forms of worship consisting primarily of prayers and offerings to a god.2. Worship characterized by such acts.
[Sanskrit pūjā, perhaps (via a Prakrit form borrowed into Sanskrit) from Sanskrit *pṛñcā, a mixing, a filling up, satisfaction, from pṛṇakti, he mixes, fills, sates; see perə- in Indo-European roots.]

puja

(ˈpuːdʒaː) or

pooja

n (Hinduism) Hinduism a ritual in honour of the gods, performed either at home or in the mandir (temple)[from Sanskrit: worship]

puja

A performed ceremony and prayer.