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THE WORD PŪJĀ AND ITS MEANING
vastrapātrādinā, tenārthaḥ pūjanārthaḥ, sa vidyate yasya asau püjanârthi".
From all these references it is quite clear that in Anga literature the word 'pujä' with reference to a monk means to give respect and to give their requirements such as clothes etc., and not the 'puja' of limbs just as that of the idols of Tirthankaras.
Here we may note the difference between pūjā and däna. I had asked an Acārya and he said that if a person goes to the receiver and gives him something it is his pūjā and if the receiver goes to the giver then it is dāna.
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Here we may also note that the word arcă is used with reference to the worship of the idol of the Tirthankara and not the word puja in Jäätädharmakatha (1.16.758) Jinapadimänṇam accaṇam karei.
Annotations :
1. Sū p. 277.
2. In Sacred Books of the East, vol. XLV, p. 341.
3. P. 245.
4. P. 265.
5. P. 358.
6. P. 389.
7. P. 515.
8. P. 515.
9. See the Agamodaya Samiti edition, p. 683.
10. P. 26.
11. P. 169.
12. P. 109.
13. P. 64.
14. P. 100.
15. P. 65
16. P. 73.
17. P. 181-182.
18. P. 257.
19. P. 55.
20. P. 114.
21. P. 195.
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