etymology of puja

[Axel Michaels]

Try also P, Thieme, "Indische Woerter und Sitten, 1. pUjA", in: Zeitschrift
der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft 93 (1939), 105-137, and, of
course, G. Buehnemann´s study on puja.

Best
Axel Michaels

Arlo Griffiths wrote:

> Please consult Mayrhofer, EWAia, vol. II p. 154, with ample references to
> more recent work.
>
> AG
>
> > From: Jonathan Silk <jonathan.silk at YALE.EDU>
> > Reply-To: Indology <INDOLOGY at liverpool.ac.uk>
> > Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2001 11:40:45 -0500
> > To: INDOLOGY at liverpool.ac.uk
> > Subject: etymology of puja
> >
> > Friends,
> >
> > I have recently read Jarl Charpentier's 1927 paper in Indian
> > Antiquary on the meaning and etymology of puujaa.  I found it rather
> > strange. He connects it with 'smearing,' making a rather big deal of
> > the smearing of images etc with things like red powders etc. There
> > must be more convincing discussions of the history of this word, no?
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> > Jonathan Silk
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