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Puya vs Puja - What's the difference?

puya | puja |

As a noun puya

is a hindu scripture or puya can be (botany) any member of the genus of bromeliad plants.

As a verb puja is

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puya

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(en noun)
  • A Hindu scripture.

    • Etymology 2

    From the genus name.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (botany) Any member of the genus of bromeliad plants.
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    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 ----