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| title = Dhupa or incense stick offering
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| image2 = Incense stick and fa gao.jpg | caption2=Taoism, Singapore
| image3 = Incense-LE.jpg | caption3=Buddhism, Cambodia
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'''Dhupa''' (धुप) is, in Indian religions (such as [[Religion:Hinduism|Hinduism]], [[Religion:Buddhism|Buddhism]], [[Philosophy:Jainism|Jainism]], etc.), the ritual offering of incense during [[Religion:Puja (Hinduism)|puja]] to an image of a deity, or other object of veneration. It is also the [[Social:Sanskrit|Sanskrit]] word for incense or perfume itself.

The [[Social:Thai language|Thai language]] also borrows this word from Sanskrit to call joss sticks or incense sticks, by omitting "a" in the word ''Dhupa''. So, the word retains the Sanskrit form when it is written in the Thai alphabet as "Dhup" (ธูป). However, Sanskrit's {{angbr|dh}} ({{IPA-sa|dʱ|}}) is pronounced as an aspirated {{IPA-th|tʰ|}} in Thai so that the word is normally pronounced or transliterated as "Thup" ''({{IPA-th|tʰûːp|}})''. Incense burning before images, in temples and during prayer practice is also found in many parts of Asia, among followers of Jainism, Sikhism, Buddhism and Taoism.

The very idea of offering ''dhupa'' is personified in the [[Unsolved:Dakini|dakini]] ''Dhupa'', who is said in the Bardo Thödol to appear on the third day.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://yoniversum.nl/dakini/dak8bodh.html|title=Eight Bodhisattva Dakinis|website=yoniversum.nl}}</ref>

==See also==
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* Añjali Mudrā
* [[Unsolved:Buddhist prayer beads|Buddhist prayer beads]]
* [[Biology:Coconut#Role in culture and religion|Coconut: use for worship]]
* Culture of India
* Guru-shishya tradition
* Hindu prayer beads
* Hindu temple
* Incense of India
* [[Philosophy:Indian honorifics|Indian honorifics]]
* Mala
* List of Hindu festivals, many of which involve Puja
* Mudras
* Namaste
* Panchalinga Darshana
* Pranāma
* Puja (Buddhism)
* [[Religion:Puja (Hinduism)|Puja (Hinduism)]]
* [[Religion:Pādodaka|Pādodaka]]
* [[Religion:Satyanarayan Puja|Satyanarayan Puja]]
* The Archaeology of Hindu Ritual
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==References==
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