puja

Definitions

1. A religious ritual performed in South Asia as an act of worship.
   countable, uncountable
2. A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.

Equivalents

Examples

“The Grunth, the holy book of the Sikhs, seems to be becoming an object of idolatrous worship⟳. They do puja to it, and carry⟳ it in procession daily.”

“‘Godbole's pujah did it,’ cried the Englishman.”

“The priest had performed the puja and tied a string around his father's silk purse to make⟳ sure that the Rana didn't spend⟳ even a copper coin while he was a guest of Merta.”

“Deeming the tank ‘polluted’ and its water unfit for consumption, a puja ceremony was performed by Brahmin men to ‘purify’ the reservoir.”

CEFR level