གཏོར་མ། | Glossary of Terms

An offering made to a deity or spirits; bali may be elaborate with food, incense, lamps, etc., but this term may also denote, in the MMK at least, a sacrificial cake similar to the Tibetan torma.

Ritual oblation offered into the fire.

An offering of food; unlike homa, bali is not offered into the fire but is placed on the altar and later eaten or distributed.

An offering of edibles to nonhuman beings, usually including lower orders of spirits.

An offering of edibles to a deity or spirit.

A ritual offering of food and drink.

An offering of food items made to deities or spirits. Such an oblation may be elaborate and use multiple kinds of food articles, or it may simply be a ritual cake.

A food offering made to a deity or spirits; such an offering may be varied and elaborate, or may be a simple sacrificial cake.

An offering, originating in the vedic tradition, traditionally made out of uncooked food and performed at the home prior to cooking a meal by arranging portions of the ingredients and then casting them outside or into the sacred fire. Also translated here as “uncooked offering.”

An offering, originating in the vedic tradition, traditionally made out of uncooked food and performed at the home prior to cooking a meal by arranging portions of the ingredients and then casting them outside or into the sacred fire. Also translated here as “cast offering.”