shodashopachara
षोडशोपचार ṣoḍaśopacāraThe sixteen-service form of puja, the most complete common ordering of offerings made to a deity. From shodasha (sixteen) and upachara (service).
Where this term appears
- What is Puja? Worship
…endances" or "acts of approach." The most complete common form is the shodashopachara , the sixteen-fold service.
- The Worship - At The Architecture Of Nine Doors Treatise
…architectural specification is that there are sixteen offerings - the shodashopachara - that the practice tradition has formalised: padyam (water for the feet), arghyam (water for the hands), achamana (water to…
- Two Worships, Four Yagas Treatise
…uare of the Sri Yantra), traversal of the nine enclosures inward, the shodashopachara (sixteen offerings) at each station - water for washing, water for drinking, water for the feet, the seat, the welcome, the …