# पूजा (pūjā)

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पूजा (pūjā) is a Sanskrit word meaning worship, honour, adoration, respect, homage, worship, respect, or adoration, worship, homage, honour, worship, respect, worshipping, honouring, respect, and adoration, worship, honour, respect, homage, adoration.

- **Etymology:** E. पूज to worship, aff. अङ् and टाप — E. pūja to worship, aff. aṅ and ṭāpa
- **SLP1:** `pUjA`  **IAST:** pūjā  **Devanagari:** पूजा
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puja_%28Hinduism%29
- **Declensions:** 24 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/puja/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** पूज (pūja)

## Meanings by context

### Act or Concept of Honour/Worship (11 definitions)
- Honour, worship, respect, reverence, veneration, homage, or adoration.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 641,1] पूजा (pūjā) f. honour, worship, respect, reverence, veneration, homage to superiors or adoration of the gods, GṛS.; Mn.; MBh. &c. [ ID=127387 ]
- Worship, honour, adoration, respect, homage  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > पूजा (pūjā) [Printed book page 0714-c ] पूजा (pūjā) [ पूज् - भावे - अ (pūj-bhāve-a) ] Worship, honour, adoration, respect, homage; Raghuvaṃśa (Bombay) 1. 79
- honour, respect, worship, adoration, and hospitable reception  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > पूजा (pūjā) [Printed book page 167-1 ] पूजा (pūjā) pūj-ā, f. honour, respect; homage, worship, adoration; hospitable reception ( —° after the object of the honour or that with which it is shown ): -kara, a. doing or showing honour or homage to ( —° ); -gṛha, n. house of worship, temple; -arha, a. worthy of honour or distinction; -vidhi, m. showing of honour ( Pr. ). [ ID=11826 ]
- Worship, respect, or adoration.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > पूज (pūja) ा (pūjā) [Printed book page 548 ] पूज (pūja) ा (pūjā) f. ( - जा (-jā) ) Worship, culture, respect, homage of superiors or adoration of the gods. E. पूज (pūja) to worship, aff. अङ् (aṅ) and टाप (ṭāpa). [ ID=25311 ]
- Worship, homage  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > पूजा (pūjā) [Printed book page 491-a ] पूजा (pūjā) ( जा ) ((jā)) 1. f. Worship, homage. [ ID=24792 ]
- Worship, honour, respect, homage, adoration  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > पूजा (pūjā) [Printed book page 448-09 ] पूजा (pūjā) f. Worship, honour, respect, homage, adoration, R. i.79, M. ix.26. [ ID=23194 ]
- Worship, respect, or adoration.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > पूजा (pūjā) [Printed book page 463-b ] पूजा (pūjā) f. ( - जा (-jā) ) Worship, culture, respect, homage of superiors or adoration of the gods. E. पूज् (pūj) to worship, affs. अङ् (aṅ) and टाप् (ṭāp). [ ID=25591 ]
- Worshipping, honouring, respect, and adoration.  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > पूजा (pūjā) [Printed book page 0567-a ] पूजा (pūjā) pūj + ā, f., Worshipping, honouring, respect, adoration, Kathās. 4, 43; Vikr. 45, 18. — Comp. Agra-, f. first oblation. Atithi-, f. receiving guests with honour. Tyakta-pūja ( vb. tyaj ), adj. abandoning the worship, Rājat. 5, 53. [ ID=9066 ]
- Honour, worship, respect.  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > पूजा (pūjā) [Printed book page 323 ] पूजा (pūjā) f. honour, worship, respect. [ ID=19651 ]
- honor  
  *Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary*
  > पूजा (pūjā) [Printed book page 192-b ] pūjā, f. honor. [ ID=2651 ]
- Honour, worship, respect, reverence, veneration, and homage or adoration.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > पूजा (pūjā) [Printed book page 0590-a ] Pūjā, f. honour, worship, respect, culture, rever- ence, veneration, homage to superiors or adoration of the gods. —Pūjā-khaṇḍa, N. of a Buddhist work. —Pūjā-pradīpa, as, m. ‘lamp of worship,’ N. of a work. —Pūjārha (°jā-ar°), as, ā, am, worthy of reverence or honour, worshipful, venerable, re- spectable, sacred. —Pūjā-vat, ān, atī, at, enjoying honour or distinction. [ ID=29658 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary; Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872); Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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