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pūjito

pūjita

masc nom sg of pūjita (pp)

1. revered; venerated; honoured
2. offered; supplied; given reverentially

Built from

• pūj — root · honour, worship
  The root appears in Sanskrit pūjayati (to honour); the concrete image is making something pleasing, worthy, or fit for veneration. In Buddhist contexts, pūjā (offering, worship) is the standard noun.
• ita — ending · past participle
  Marks completed action and resulting state: pūjita means both 'having been honoured' and 'honoured' (the state). The ending -ita attaches to verb roots to form past participles.

Etymology. From √pūj (to honour, revere, worship), cognate with Sanskrit pūjayati. The root sense is 'to make pleasing or worthy of respect'; the ritual sense develops from making an offering to a deity. The suffix -ita marks the past participle, showing an action completed and the state it produces.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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