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puasa fasting Sanskrit उपवास / upavāsa puja idolize, worship Sanskrit पूजा / pūjā punya (possessive verb) Sanskrit पुण्य / puṇya "merit, deserving" pura Hindu temple, city Sanskrit पुर / pura "city, walled enclosure" purnama (of the moon) full Sanskrit पूर्णमा / pūrṇamā - cf. "sempurṇa"
In 1417, Paduka Pahala, sailed with his family and 300 other people to pay tribute to the Yongle Chinese emperor, Zhu Di, of the Ming Dynasty. He was welcomed by the emperor upon his arrival in China, but contracted a mysterious disease on his way home and died at Dezhou, Shandong province. The emperor commissioned artisans and sculptors to ...
Fasting during the month of Ramadan is specifically mentioned in four verses of the Qur'an: . O you who believe! Fasting is prescribed to you as it was prescribed to those before you, that you may (learn) self-restraint.
Thawāb, Sawab, Hasanat or Ajr (Arabic: ثواب, Hindi: सवाब saʋāb, Bengali: সওয়াব sôwab) is an Arabic term meaning "reward".Specifically, in the context of an Islamic worldview, thawāb refers to spiritual merit or reward that accrues from the performance of good deeds and piety based on the guidance of the Quran and the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad.