As a deity name
Name 271 of the Rama Sahasranāma — Padma Purana / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 513 of the Surya Sahasranāma — Bhavishya Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
As a Hindi name
पूज्य · adj
[वि॰ स्त्री॰ पूज्या] · पूजा योग्य । पूजनीय · आदर योग्य । माननीय — Śabdasāgara
पूज्य · noun · masculine
ससुर । श्वसुर · आदरणीय या मान्य व्यक्ति । पूजनीय व्यक्ति — Śabdasāgara
पूज्य · pūjya · adj.
Deserving of honour, venerable, &c. = pūj, q.v — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 278
पूज्य
venerable; honoured
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi पूज्य — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Learned borrowing from Sanskrit पूज्य (pūjya).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
pūjya mfn. = ˚janīya (superl. -tama), Mn.; MBh. &c.
pūjya m. an honourable man, Car.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a father-in-law
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (4)Why this matches what you typed
M3 · meaning shifts "pūjya" is derived from "pūj" with the yat suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
pūj cl. 10. P., (Dhātup. xxxii, 100) pūjayati (ep. also Ā. ˚te and cl. 1. P. pūjati; pf. pupūjire, MBh.; aor. apūpujat Gr.; ind.p. pūjayitvā, Mn. &c.; pūjya, MBh.), to honour, worship, revere, respect, regard, ĀśvGṛ.; Mn.; MBh. &c.; to honour or present with (instr.), Mn. vii, 203; to initiate, consecrate, Vet.
pūj 10 U. (pūjayati-te, pūjayāṃcakāracakre, apūpujat-ta, apupūjat-ta, pūjayituṃ, pūjita) 1 To adore, worship, revere, honour, receive with respect; yadapūpujastvamiha pārtha murajitamapūjitaṃ satāṃ Śi. 15. 14; Ms. 4. 31; Bk. 2. 26; Y. 2. 14. 2 To present or honour with; Ms. 7. 203. 3 To regard, take notice of.
pūjya mfn. = ˚janīya (superl. -tama), Mn.; MBh. &c.
pūjya m. an honourable man, Car.
Dictionary citations
pūjya mfn. = ˚janīya (superl. -tama), Mn.; MBh. &c.
pūjya m. an honourable man, Car.
a father-in-law, L.
pūjya a. Deserving respect, worthy of honour, respectable, venerable. — jyaḥ A father-in-law.
pūjya mfn. (-jyaḥ-jyā-jyaṃ) Worshipful, venerable, fit for or deserving adoration, &c. m. (-jyaḥ) A father-in-law. E. pūja to worship, ṇyat aff.
pūj cl. 10. P., (Dhātup. xxxii, 100) pūjayati (ep. also Ā. ˚te and cl. 1. P. pūjati; pf. pupūjire, MBh.; aor. apūpujat Gr.; ind.p. pūjayitvā, Mn. &c.; pūjya, MBh.), to honour, worship, revere, respect, regard, ĀśvGṛ.; Mn.; MBh. &c.; to honour or present with (instr.), Mn. vii, 203; to initiate, consecrate, Vet.
pūj 10 U. (pūjayati-te, pūjayāṃcakāracakre, apūpujat-ta, apupūjat-ta, pūjayituṃ, pūjita) 1 To adore, worship, revere, honour, receive with respect; yadapūpujastvamiha pārtha murajitamapūjitaṃ satāṃ Śi. 15. 14; Ms. 4. 31; Bk. 2. 26; Y. 2. 14. 2 To present or honour with; Ms. 7. 203. 3 To regard, take notice of.
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