ABSTRACT
Among the profusion of ritual implements and other substances of the tantric cults, the offering materials are paramount because they are the most wide-spread in all the cults and of course stem from practices far more ancient than Buddhism itself. The usual Sanskrit word for “offering” is püjā; the word for “food offering” is bali; and for “burnt offering”, homa. Besides, the notion of an “offering” is generalized, as will be seen below by their classifications.
