Pooja
पूजाworship, veneration
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Vedika
वेदिका
sacred altar
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Vedika means an altar or ground prepared for a sacrificial ceremony. Wiktionary records the Hindi word, and Monier-Williams gives related Sanskrit meanings including a sacrificial altar or ground. The name's sacred association therefore comes from ritual space. Its resemblance to Veda does not establish ‘knowledge’ as a meaning: the cited dictionaries connect vedikā with vedī, ‘altar’. Keeping that distinction makes the origin clearer without losing the name's religious context.
Source: Wiktionary, वेदिका. How we use sources.
Spelling and pronunciation
वेदिका is read ve-di-kaa, in three syllables with a long e, short i and long ending. Vedhika is another Roman spelling found in South Indian contexts. The d is made near the teeth; the added h is not represented by a separate aspirated consonant in वेदिका.
Also spelled Vedhika.