The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1885 page)

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may be offered to the deities (as Buddhism understands them), but it is also translated in a non-theistic direction (as in the case of
d
na
). It then becomes a basic form of religious observance, through recitation of the threefold ‘Refuge Formula’ (
tri
arana
), etc., but even more through offerings of thanksgiving, food, and flowers to the
Buddha
.
Puj
r
:
see
P
J
.
Pu-k’ung Chin-kang
(teacher of Buddhism, 8th cent.):
Pul
.
Korean for
buddha
.

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