1. NED Manandhar & Vergati

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Modern Newar version

(classifier—unique to—puja)-puja cha-thā, -one-pujā (This word has a very restricted, specific usage. Ex. Hariti is a female goddess in Swayambhu. Near the place where puja is offered to Hāriti there is a stone with a row of holes in it. Parties intending to offer puja to Hariti indicate their intention by placing an earthen jar in line in one of the holes. The order in which puja is performed is determined by the position of one's jar—the party whose jar is in the first hole has his puja performed first. In counting such jar's one counts, cha-thā, ni-thā, swa-thā ...; if one asks a man from Swayambhu, thạụ gwaa-thā du.

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