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'''''Dhupa''''' (धुप) is, in [[Indian religions]] (such as [[Hinduism]], [[Buddhism]], [[Jainism]], etc.), the ritual offering of [[Incense of India|incense]] during [[Puja (Hinduism)|puja]] to an image of a deity, or other object of veneration.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lochtefeld |first=James G. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AbWazgEACAAJ |title=The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Hinduism: A-M |date=2002 |publisher=Rosen |isbn=978-0-8239-3179-8 |pages=196 |language=en}}</ref> It is also the [[Sanskrit]] word for incense or perfume itself.<br />
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The [[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.<br />
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The very idea of offering ''dhupa'' is personified in the [[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><br />
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==See also==<br />
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* [[Incense in India|Incense of India]]<br />
* [[Upachara]]<br />
* [[Puja (Hinduism)]]<br />
* [[Puja (Buddhism)]]<br />
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