पूजा
Hindi edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
पूजा • (pūjā) f (Urdu spelling پوجا)
- a religious ritual performed by Hindus as an offering to various deities, distinguished persons, or special guests
- (by extension) worship, veneration
Declension edit
Declension of पूजा (fem ā-stem)
Derived terms edit
- पूजा करना (pūjā karnā, “to worship”)
Pali edit
Alternative forms edit
Alternative forms
Noun edit
पूजा f
- Devanagari script form of pūjā (“veneration”)
Declension edit
Declension table of "पूजा" (feminine)
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative (first) | पूजा (pūjā) | पूजायो (pūjāyo) or पूजा (pūjā) |
Accusative (second) | पूजं (pūjaṃ) | पूजायो (pūjāyo) or पूजा (pūjā) |
Instrumental (third) | पूजाय (pūjāya) | पूजाहि (pūjāhi) or पूजाभि (pūjābhi) |
Dative (fourth) | पूजाय (pūjāya) | पूजानं (pūjānaṃ) |
Ablative (fifth) | पूजाय (pūjāya) | पूजाहि (pūjāhi) or पूजाभि (pūjābhi) |
Genitive (sixth) | पूजाय (pūjāya) | पूजानं (pūjānaṃ) |
Locative (seventh) | पूजाय (pūjāya) or पूजायं (pūjāyaṃ) | पूजासु (pūjāsu) |
Vocative (calling) | पूजे (pūje) | पूजायो (pūjāyo) or पूजा (pūjā) |
Sanskrit edit
Alternative scripts edit
Alternative scripts
- পূজা (Assamese script)
- ᬧᬹᬚᬵ (Balinese script)
- পূজা (Bengali script)
- 𑰢𑰳𑰕𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀧𑀽𑀚𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- ပူဇာ (Burmese script)
- પૂજા (Gujarati script)
- ਪੂਜਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌪𑍂𑌜𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦥꦹꦗꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂣𑂴𑂔𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ಪೂಜಾ (Kannada script)
- បូជា (Khmer script)
- ປູຊາ (Lao script)
- പൂജാ (Malayalam script)
- ᢒᡠᡠᡯᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘢𑘴𑘕𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᢒᠤᠤᠽᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧂𑧕𑦵𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐥𑐹𑐖𑐵 (Newa script)
- ପୂଜା (Odia script)
- ꢦꢹꢙꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆥𑆷𑆘𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖢𑖳𑖕𑖯 (Siddham script)
- පූජා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩰𑩒𑩛𑩣𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚞𑚱𑚑𑚭 (Takri script)
- பூஜா (Tamil script)
- పూజా (Telugu script)
- ปูชา (Thai script)
- པཱུ་ཛཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒣𑒴𑒖𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨞𑨃𑨊𑨥𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology edit
From the root पूज् (pūj).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
पूजा • (pūjā) stem, f
- worship
- veneration
- adoration of a god
- homage to a superior
Declension edit
Feminine ā-stem declension of पूजा (pūjā) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | पूजा pūjā |
पूजे pūje |
पूजाः pūjāḥ |
Vocative | पूजे pūje |
पूजे pūje |
पूजाः pūjāḥ |
Accusative | पूजाम् pūjām |
पूजे pūje |
पूजाः pūjāḥ |
Instrumental | पूजया / पूजा¹ pūjayā / pūjā¹ |
पूजाभ्याम् pūjābhyām |
पूजाभिः pūjābhiḥ |
Dative | पूजायै pūjāyai |
पूजाभ्याम् pūjābhyām |
पूजाभ्यः pūjābhyaḥ |
Ablative | पूजायाः / पूजायै² pūjāyāḥ / pūjāyai² |
पूजाभ्याम् pūjābhyām |
पूजाभ्यः pūjābhyaḥ |
Genitive | पूजायाः / पूजायै² pūjāyāḥ / pūjāyai² |
पूजयोः pūjayoḥ |
पूजानाम् pūjānām |
Locative | पूजायाम् pūjāyām |
पूजयोः pūjayoḥ |
पूजासु pūjāsu |
Notes |
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Descendants edit
- Pali: pūjā
- → English: puja, → English: pooja
- → Hindi: पूजा (pūjā)
- → Lao: ບູຊາ (bū sā)
- → Lü: ᦢᦴᦋᦱ (ḃuutsaa)
- → Malay: puja
- → Northern Thai: ᨷᩪᨩᩣ
- → Telugu: పూజ (pūja)
- → Thai: บูชา (buu-chaa)
- → Tamil: பூசை (pūcai), பூஜை (pūjai)
References edit
- Monier Williams (1899) “पूजा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 641.
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “pūjā”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.