The holy flame - Dhupa

Dhupa involves the offering of incense before the picture of a deity, as a token of respect.

Dhupa is, in dharmic religions, the ritual offering of incense during puja to an image of a deity, or other object of veneration. It is also the Sanskrit word for incense or perfume itself.

Thai language also borrows this word from Sanskrit to call joss sticks or incense sticks, by omitting "a" in the word Dhupa. So, the word retains the Sanskrit form when it is written in Thai alphabet as "Dhup". However, Sanskrit's Dh is pronounced as aspirated T in Thai, the word is normally pronounced or transliterated as "Thup".


The very idea of offering dhupa is personified in the dakini Dhupa, who is said in the Bardo Thödol to appear on the third day.

Source : Wikipedia

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