Ideas across traditions · ritual · Indian
puja
Works in 4 traditions beyond Indian attest this concept, on 54 cited pages.
9works in other traditions, with a cited page
19works in Indian, its home tradition on the maps
27further works where only a vocabulary list or keyword names it; not shown
1judged analogues in other traditions (a different word for a neighbouring idea)
Analogues, judged
A different word, in another tradition, that a reviewer judged to name a neighbouring idea. These are not attestations of puja; each carries the reviewer’s confidence and reason.
- sacrifice Indian75%'Fire sacrifice','sacrificial fire' — a specific Vedic offering rite, adjacent to and often part of puja.
In other traditions
Ordered by the earliest work in each tradition that attests the concept. Within a tradition, works run from earliest to latest by conventional composition date.
Buddhist
- 50 BCEPrajñāpāramitā (Aṣṭasāhasrikā; Heart and Diamond Sūtras)same word
Tibetan
- 1050Dzogchen Seventeen Tantras & Vima snying thigsame word
- 1100Tibetan dream yoga (Six Yogas of Nāropa; rmi lam) and the Bardo Thödol's dream bardosame word
- Puja — offeringr. The son of accomplishment is 'Od dpag med Amitabha . One obtains the glory of showing the seat of assembly. Offer thezab chos zhi khro dgongs pa rang drol, 1700, p. 90 · flagged as a term by the translator
- pūjā — ritual offeringter lamp from the previous one, and clear the doors of the five sense faculties. From time to time, perform the internalzab chos zhi khro dgongs pa rang grol spros bcas bum dbang chen mo sogs, 1700, p. 84 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 1310Mkha' 'gro snying thig (Dākinī Heart-Essence instruction cycle)same word
- 1500Guru yoga (Bla ma'i rnal 'byor; Bla ma dgongs 'dus)same word
- 1765Jigme Lingpa, Klong chen snying thig (with Patrul's Kun bzang bla ma'i zhal lung)same word
- puja — ritual worshiphe righteous path of the ancestors is not forgotten. Further fragments describe the ritual cycle: The performance of theklong chen snying thig gi cha lag char ‘bebs kyi cho ga rgya mtsho’i rlang sprin yid bzhin dbang po’i bla bre, 1700, p. 3 · flagged as a term by the translator
- pūjā — worship/offeringhitecture be arranged? How should the fire offerings be conducted? How should the substances be gathered? How should theRdzogs pa chen po klong chen snying tig gi nang sgrub rig ’dzin ’dus pa’i rtsa dbang rgyal thabs spyi lugs chog sgrigs s, 1700, p. 1 · flagged as a term by the translator
Theosophical & Modern Esoteric
- 1883Sinnett, Esoteric Buddhism (with The Occult World, Mahatma Letters)same word
- 1888Blavatsky, The Secret Doctrine (the seven principles, manas, states of consciousness)same word
Zoroastrian
- 1922Modi, Religious Ceremonies and Customs of the Parseessame word
At home in Indian
- 200 CEManusmṛti (Mānava Dharmaśāstra)same word
- 200 CEYājñavalkya Smṛtisame word
- 800 CEMālinīvijayottara Tantrasame word
- 850 CENetra Tantra (yoga chapters, with Kṣemarāja's Udyota)same word
- 1000Abhinavagupta, Tantrāloka (with Tantrasāra)same word
- pūjārbhātasya no sakṛt ||" This is stated in verses 178 and 179. Now, one might ask: If this is so, how can there be worshipThe Light of the Tantras, 1000, p. 902 · flagged as a term by the translator
- pujapresiding power. The act of offering the entire universe into the self, which is full of that same nature, is worship (The Essence of Tantra, 1918, p. 174 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 1000Abhinavagupta, Tantrāloka (with Jayaratha) and Tantrasārasame word
- pūjārbhātasya no sakṛt ||" This is stated in verses 178 and 179. Now, one might ask: If this is so, how can there be worshipThe Light of the Tantras, 1000, p. 902 · flagged as a term by the translator
- pujapresiding power. The act of offering the entire universe into the self, which is full of that same nature, is worship (The Essence of Tantra, 1918, p. 174 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 1000Abhinavagupta, Parātrīśikā-vivaraṇa / -laghuvṛttisame word
- 1000Nārada Bhakti Sūtrasame word
- 1070Kathāsaritsāgara (Ocean of the Streams of Story)same word
- 1100Yoginīhṛdayasame word
- 1200Kulārṇava Tantrasame word
- pūjāld offer to others materials connected with Kula-pūjā. One who is unable to give even these materials should witness theKularnava Tantra, Unknown, p. 92 · flagged as a term by the translator
- pujaJapa** of the **Mantra** with the five-limbed upasana systematic devotional worship or "sitting near" the Divine . DailyKularnava Tantra - English Translation (Arthur Avalon), Unknown, p. 115 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 1350Mādhava, Sarva-darśana-saṃgrahasame word
- 1450Kabīr, Bījak and sākhīssame word
- 1500Guru Nānak, Japjī / Ādi Granthsame word
- 1500Kabīr Granthāvalī / Songssame word
- 1604Guru Granth Sahib / Adi Granthsame word
- 1604Guru Nānak, Japjī & Guru Granth Sāhib (nām simran)same word
- 1640Tukārām, abhaṅgassame word
- 1775Mahānirvāṇa Tantrasame word
- Puja — worship# Mahanirvana Tantra The one who recites this while the mind is fixed upon the Goddess Kalika, during the time ofThe Great Liberation Tantra, 1884, p. 162 · flagged as a term by the translator
- pūjā — ritual worshiption of different bhāvas states of being or spiritual dispositions . Section 123: Definition of yoga spiritual union andTantra of the Great Liberation (Mahanirvana Tantra), 1913, p. 19 · flagged as a term by the translator
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