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‖ poojah, puja E. Indies.|ˈpudʒa|
Also 7 poujah, pudgiah, 9– pooja, 20 pujah.
[a. Skr. pūjā worship.]
Rites performed in the worship of Hindū deities; any Hindū religious ceremony or rite; also fig. (in ridicule). Also puja pantai |panˈtaɪ| [Malay pantai, = beach, seashore] (see quot. 1965).
1681R. Knox Ceylon iii. iv. 80 In this Poujah or Sacrifice the King seems to take delight. Ibid. v. 85 They reckon the chief poynts of goodness to consist in giving to the Priests, in making Pudgiahs, sacrifices to their Gods, in forbearing shedding the blood of any creature. 1800S. Turner Embassy Tibet iv. 243 It was only the Gylongs at their pooja, or religious exercises. c1806Mrs. Sherwood in Life xxi. (1847) 361 To this he made his daily poojah, or worship. 1826Hockley Pandurang Hari I. ii. 18 The person..now approached the sacred tree, and having performed pùja to a stone deity at its foot, proceeded [etc.]. 1863Trevelyan Compet. Wallah (1866) 295 The high festivals of our religion would be among the most popular Poojahs of the year. 1875Freeman in Stephens Life & Lett. (1895) II. 95 My sin is that of not doing poojah to old Carlyle, who..took upon himself to write some nonsense about early kings of Norway. 1893Kipling Day's Work (1898) 10 In London I did poojah to the big temple by the river for the sake of the God within. 1909M. Diver Candles in Wind i. i. 14 Is it permitted that we kill a goat and make poojah? 1913E. M. Forster Let. 6 Mar. in Hill of Devi (1953) 28 The Rajah is doing Pujah after his bath. 1936J. Nehru Autobiogr. 8 The women of the family indulged in various ceremonies and pujas. 1951Chambers's Jrnl. Oct. 611/2 The main religious ceremonies or ‘poojas’..take place in the temple sanctum, and..eventually terminate with the bath and the fire-walk. 1951Jrnl. Malayan Branch R. Asiatic Soc. XXIV. iii. 33 The pelas negri ceremony of Perak was, in Malaya, known by other names too:..in Kelantan, and in Province Wellesley, for fishermen, the ceremony is known as puja pantai. 1965C. Shuttleworth Malayan Safari vi. 77 A rare and colourful ceremony known as the Puja Pantai, it is performed by Malay fishermen when they believe that the sea gods are angry with them and need to be propitiated. 1968Jrnl. Music Acad. Madras XXXIX. 59 Every home has its family idol and the pujas are performed according to the..16 types of ceremonies. 1969Cultural News from India Nov. 20 The heavy and intermittent rains which, a few days ago, threatened to dampen the Puja spirit are now over. Ibid., Calcutta, or for that matter, entire Bengal is in the grip of the Puja celebrations. 1971Northern India Patrika 1 Feb. 1/1 Sub-inspector Makhan Lal Dutta..was attacked..near a Saraswat puja pandal. 1971Illustr. Weekly India 18 Apr. 29/3 (caption) Gujarati women sway and swoon at a puja. 1972M. Sheppard Taman Indera 197 The general name which incorporated all the ceremonies and offerings on such an occasion [sc. a Malay folk festival] was Puja Pantai. 1977W. H. S. Smith Young Man's Country ii. 36 The Puja holiday was the biggest Hindu festival in the Bengali year. |