पूजा

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /puː.d͡ʒɑː/, [puː.d͡ʒäː]

Noun

पूजा • (pūjā) f (Urdu spelling پوجا)

1. a religious ritual performed by Hindus as an offering to various deities, distinguished persons, or special guests
2. (by extension) worship, veneration

Declension

Declension of पूजा (fem ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	पूजा pūjā	पूजाएँ pūjāẽ
oblique	पूजा pūjā	पूजाओं pūjāõ
vocative	पूजा pūjā	पूजाओ pūjāo

Derived terms

• पूजा करना (pūjā karnā, “to worship”)

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• pūjā (Latin script)
• 𑀧𑀽𑀚𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• পূজা (Bengali script)
• පූජා (Sinhalese script)
• ပူဇာ or ပူၹႃ (Burmese script)
• ปูชา (Thai script)
• ᨷᩪᨩᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ປູຊາ (Lao script)
• បូជា (Khmer script)
• 𑄛𑄫𑄎𑄂 (Chakma script)

Noun

पूजा f

1. Devanagari script form of pūjā (“veneration”)

Declension

Declension table of "पूजा" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
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

Alternative scripts

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)
• ᢒᠤᠤᠽᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (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

From the root पूज् (pūj).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /puː.d͡ʑɑ́ː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈpuː.d͡ʑɑː/

Noun

पूजा • (pūjā) stem, f

1. worship
2. veneration
3. adoration of a god
4. homage to a superior

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of पूजा (pūjā)
	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	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

• Pali: pūjā
  • → Khmer: បូជា (bouciə)
  • → Mon: ပူဇဴ
    • → Old Burmese: ပူဇဝ်
      • → Burmese: ပူဇော် (pujau)
  • → Thai: บูชา (buu-chaa)
• → English: puja, → English: pooja
• → Hindi: पूजा (pūjā)
• → Kashmiri: پوٗزا (pūzā), पूज़ा (pūzā)
• → 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

• 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.