History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c37.27

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The word 'devapūjā'¹⁷⁰² occurs in the Vārtika on Pāṇini I. 3. 25. The digests try to show that, just as *yāga* (sacrifice) consists in giving up materials accompanied by a mantra with reference to a deity that is then principally in view, so *pūjā* also is *yāga*, as therein also there is giving up (or dedication) of materials to a deity.¹⁷⁰³