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Puja vs Puna - What's the difference?

puja | puna |

As a verb puja

is .

As a proper noun puna is

.

puja

English

(wikipedia puja)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A religious ritual performed in South Asia as an act of worship.
  • *1997 , (Kiran Nagarkar), Cuckold , HarperCollins 2013, p. 43:
  • *:The priest had performed the puja and tied a string around his father's silk purse to make sure that the Rana didn't spend even a copper coin while he was a guest of Merta.

    • Related terms

    * pujari ----

    puna

    English

    Alternative forms

    * Puna

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An alpine biological community in the central portion of the Andes in which short, coarse grass supports a Native American population.
  • * (rfdate), M. Hermann and T. Bernet, The transition of maca from neglect to market prominence , page 18:
    • The overwhelming majority of maca roots are dried after harvest. In the cold, dry atmosphere of the puna the dried roots remain edible for several years. A minor proportion of the freshly harvested roots are roasted in huatias, earthen ovens
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