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Puñjaka Puṭa

reads puñjakitāni); Miln 342 (palāla°). of future compensation to the benefactor. Usually with adj.
anuttara unsurpassed field of m. (see also sangha) D iii.5,
Puñjati is a variant of puñchati (q. v.).
227; M i.446; iii.80; S i.167, 220; v.343, 363, 382; A i.244;
Puñña (nt.) [cp. (late) Vedic puṇya favourable, good; etym. not ii.34 sq., 56, 113; iii.158, 248, 279 sq., 387; iv.10 sq., 292; It
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clear, it may be dialectical. The word is expl by Dhammapāla 31 33
88; Sn 486; Vv 50 (cp. VvA 216); Pv iv.1 (of a bhikkhu);
as "santānaṁ punāti visodheti," i. e. cleaning the continuation Vism 220; VvA 286; PvA 1 (ariyasangha), 5 (Moggallāna), 6
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(of life) VvA 19, thus taken to pu. The expl is of course fan-
(arahanto), 132, 140, 214 and passim. Cp. BSk. puṇyakṣetra
ciful] merit, meritorious action, virtue. Always represented as
Divy 63, 395 (+udāra). -paṭipadā the meritorious path, path
foundation and condition of heavenly rebirth & a future bliss-
of m. A i.168; Nett 96. -pasavana creation of m. PvA 31.
ful state, the enjoyment (& duration) of which depends on the
-pekkha looking for merit (i. e. reward), intent upon m. S
amount of merit accumulated in a former existence. With ref.
i.167; Sn 463 sq., 487 sq.; Dh 108 (cp. DhA ii.234). -phala
to this life there are esp. 3 qualities contributing to merit, viz.,
the fruit (or result) of m. action S i.217; Pug 51; DhA ii.4; PvA
dāna, sīla & bhāvanā or liberality, good conduct & contempla-
8, 50, 52. -bala the power of m. PvA 195. -bhāga taking
tion. These are the puñña — kiriya — vatthūni (see below).
part in meritorious action S i.154. -bhāgiya having share in
Another set of ten consists of these 3 and apaciti, veyyāvacca,
m. M iii.72 sq.; Nett 48. -maya=puñña J iv.232 (°iddhi); cp.
patti — anuppadāna, abbhanumodanā, desanā, savana, diṭṭh'
BSk. puñyamaya AvŚ i.183.
ujjuka — kamma. The opp. of puñña is either apuñña (D
Puññavant (adj.) [fr. puñña] possessing merit, meritorious, vir-
iii.119; S i.114; ii.82; A i.154; iii.412; Sdhp 54, 75) or pāpa
tuous Ps ii.213; Vism 382; DhA i.340; PvA 75.
(Sn 520; Dh 39; Nett 96; PvA 5). The true Arahant is above
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both (Pv ii.6 ). See on term also Kvu trsl. 201. — (a) Pas- Puṭa [etym. unknown, prob. dialectical, as shown by N. of
sages (selected): D iii.58, 120; M i.404; ii.191, 199; S i.72; Pāṭaliputta, where putta=puṭa since unfamiliar in origin] orig.
ii.82; iv.190; iv.190; v.53; A i.151, 155 sq.; iii.412; Sn 427 meaning "tube," container, hollow, pocket. — 1. a container,
sq., 547, 569, 790; Dh 18, 116 sq., 196, 220, 267, 331, 412; usually made of leaves (cp. J iv.436; v.441; vi.236), to carry
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Nd 90; Pv 1. ; i.5 ; Pug 55; Vism 541 (puññānaṁ paccayo fruit or other viands, a pocket, basket: ucchu° basket for sugar
duvidhā); DhA iv.34; PvA 6, 8 30, 69 sq.; Sdhp 4, 19 sq. — J iv.363; paṇṇa° leaf — basket PvA 168; phala° fruit basket
(b) Var. phrases & characterisations: Merit is represented J iv.436=vi.236; phānita(ssa)° basket of molasses, sugar —
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as great (uḷāra DA i.110; PvA 5; anappaka Pv i.5 ) or little basket S i.175 (KS.: jar); J iv.366; DhA iv.232; mālā° basket
(paritta DA i.110; appa S ii.229); as adj. (—°) mahā° S i.191, for garlands or flowers DhA iii.212 (baddha made, lit. bound).
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opp. appa° M ii.5. puñña is defined at Nd 90 as follows: In puṭa — baddha — kummāsa VvA 308 perhaps meaning
"puññaṁ vuccati yaṁ kiñci tedhātukaṁ kusal' âbhisankhāraṁ; "cup." — 2. a bag or sack, usually referring to food carried
apuññaṁ vuccati sabbaṁ akusalaṁ. " It is defined as "dāna — for a journey, thus "knapsack" (or directly "provisions," tak-
sīl' — ādi — pabheda" & "sucaritaṁ kusala — kammaṁ" at ing the container for what it contains DA i.288 puts puṭaṁsa=
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VvA 19; considered as leading to future happiness: Vv 1 ; pātheyya), in bhatta° bag with provisions J ii.82 (with band-
PvA 58; consisting mainly in dāna (dānamayaṁ p.) PvA 8, hati), 203; iii.200; DA i.270. Also at J iv.375 "bag" (tamba
51, 60, 66, 73, but also in vandana PvA 1. To do good= — kipillaka°). See below °aṁsa & °bhatta. — 3. a tube,
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puññaṁ (puññāni) karoti D i.137; S iv.331; A v.177; Pv i.11 ; hollow, in nāsā° (nāsa°) nostril J vi.74; Vism 195, 263, 362;
or pasavati S i.182, 213; A i.89; ii.3 sq.; iii.244; v.249, 282; KhA 65; hattha° the hollow of the hand Miln 87; vatthi° blad-
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PvA 121, cp. puññaṁ pasutaṁ Pv i.5 ; VvA 289. Other der( — bag) Vism 264; sippi- puṭa oyster shell J v.197, 206.
phrases: °ṁ ākankhati S i.18, 20; pavaḍḍhati S i.33; corehi puṭaṁ karoti to form a hollow VbhA 34. — 4. box, con-
duharaṁ S i.36; puññānaṁ vipāko A iv.89; āgamo S iii.209 tainer, see °bheda & °bhedana, in pāṭali — puṭa seed box for
iv.349; opadhikaṁ S i.233; It 78; purāṇaṁ & navaṁ S i.92; the P. flower.
sayaṁ katāni puññāni S i.37; puññassa dhārā S i.100; v.400. -aṁsa "bag — shoulder" (for "shoulder — bag," cp. aṁs-
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-atthika desirous of merit Sn 487 sq. -ânubhāva the apuṭa (assapuṭa) & Ger. rucksack=knapsack. Rightly expl by
majesty of merit PvA 58. -âbhisankhāra accumulation of Bdhgh at DA i.288), a bag carrying provisions on journeys,
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merit D iii.217; S ii.82; Nd 90, 206, 442; Vism 557 sq., 571; hence "provision," in phrase puṭaṁsena with provisions (v.
VbhA 142 sq., 166, 184. -âbhisanda (+kusalâbhisanda) mer- l. at all places puṭosena) D i.117; M iii.80; A ii.183; cp. Di-
itorious results A ii.54 sq.; iii.51, 337; iv.245. -assaya seat alogues i.150; see also mutoḷī. -pāka something cooked in
of merit DA i.67. -iddhi the magic power of m. PvA 117. a bag (like a meal — pudding) Vism 500. -baddha kind of
-kata one who has done a deed of m. A ii.32. -kamma moccasins Vin i.186, see Vin. Texts ii.15. Spelt puṭa — bandha
good works, righteousness, merit S i.97, 143; DA i.10; VvA at Vism 251=VbhA 234. -bhatta "bag — food," viaticum,
32; PvA 54, 87; Sdhp 32. -kāma (adj.) desirous of doing provisions for journey J ii.423; KhA 46. -bheda the breaking
good works S v.462. -kiriyā a good or meritorious action S of the container (i. e. seed boxes of the Sirīsa plant) VvA 344
i.87 (°kriyā), 101; PvA 54; usually as °kiriyavatthu item of m. (in vatthu where Sirīsa refers to Pāṭaliputta, cp. Vv 84 52, 53 ).
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action (of which 3 are usually enum : see above) D iii.218; A -bhedana breaking of the (seed — ) boxes of the Pāṭali plant,
iv.241; It 51; Nett 50, 128. -kkhandha mass of merit (only as referring primarily to the N. of Pāṭali — putta, where putta
mahā°) S v.400; A iii.337. -kkhaya decay (or waning of the represents a secondary Pālisation of Sk. °putra which again
effect) of merit D i.18 (cp. āyukkhaya & DA i.110). -kkhetta represents P. (or Non — Aryan) puṭa (see Pischel, Prk. Gr. §
field of m., Ep. of the Sangha or any holy personalities, do- 238 & 292). Through popular etym. a wrong conception of the
ing good (lit. planting seeds of merit) to whom is a source expression arose, which took puṭa in the sense of "wares, pro-

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