…hearing of the fame of Puṇṇa, wished to meet him, and went to Andhavana, where Puṇṇa was spending his siesta. Sāriputta questioned…

Puṇṇā¹

A bhikkhunī whose Therīgāthā verse speaks of being full with good qualities, like the full moon. Thig.3

Puṇṇā²Puṇṇikā

A bhikkhunī whose Therīgāthā verses argue that bat …

érdemteli, jó

Puñña: merit, meritorious, is a popular term for kammically advantageous kusala action. Opposite terms: apuñña = demerit. pāpa = ‘bad’, ‘evil’. The value of meritorious action is often stres …

merit meritorious action, virtue. Always represented as foundation and condition of heavenly rebirth & a future blissful state, the enjoyment (& duration) of which depends on the amount of merit accum …

…(dve p-māyo); Vism.292 (puṇṇa-m-uposatha = puṇṇa-māuposatha), Vism.418 (Phagguṇa-puṇṇama-divase); Vv-a.66 (āsāḷhi p.);…

…Tissametteyya, Puṇṇaka, Mettagū, Dhotaka, Upasīva, Nanda, Hemaka, Todeyya, Kappa, Jatukaṇṇī, Bhadrāvudha, Udaya, Posāla,…

…SN.ii.217f. Later, we find Puṇṇa with a large following in Dakkhiṇāgiri refusing to join in the findings of the Rājagaha Council, and…

…Mahā Kassapa, Anuruddha, Puṇṇa Mantāniputta, Upāli and Devadatta, SN.ii.155 Cunda, and Channa. SN.iv.55

Channa fell ill there, and…

…the Kukkuravatika Sutta to Puṇṇa-koliyaputta and Seniya Kukkuravatika. MN.i.387 Another Buddha is also mentioned as having preached a sermon…

…residence of the ascetics Puṇṇa Koliyaputta and Seniya. MN.i.387 SN.v.115

After the Buddha’s death the Koliyans of Rāmagāma claimed and…

A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of the superiority of the taste of Dhamma over all other flavors. Thag.91

One of the four friends of Yasa who, on hearing of his ordination by the Buddha, visited him and were taken to the Buddha. The Buddha talked to them and they became arahants. They were among the first …

…the Buddha is given in the Puṇṇakamāṇavapucchā. Snp.1043–1048

Puṇṇaka²

A Yakkha chief mentioned in the Āṭānāṭiya…

Puṇṇamāsa¹

A monk whose Theragāthā verse says that a restrained and wise one knows the rise and passing away of the world….

…of Suppāraka, birthplace of Puṇṇa Thera. With the Buddha’s permission, he returned to Sunāparanta. The people of Sunāparanta were reported…

…Adhamma, Katattha, Dhamma, Puṇṇaka, Māra, Sakaṭa; (d) embodiments of former persons e.g., Janavasabha (lord of men= Bimbisāra), Dīgha,…

Yasa ¹

He was the son of a very wealthy treasurer of Benares, and was brought up in great luxury, living in three mansions, according to the seasons and surrounded with all kinds of pleasu …

…he heard a discourse by Puṇṇa Mantāniputta and became a Sotāpanna SN.iii.105 Ānanda remained close to the Buddha for the following 25…

clear full-moon night.

the (day of the) full moon in Kattika:

the (day of the) full moon in pubbakattika which ends a three month period of rains-residence.

the (day of the) full moon in pubbakattika which ends a three month period of rains-residence.

whole and complete

1. arable land; a cultivated field.
2. delimited area (of space or time); field of activity, sphere of action.
3. fertile soil, a suitable place (for something to arise or be produced); esp. a suitabl …

soaked with water.

aims at; points out, indicates; relates, declares, foretells; dedicates; assigns (one’s own puñña to someone else).

Apuññābhisankhāra: see: sankhāra

Bhāvanā: ‘mental development’ lit. ‘calling into existence, producing’ is what in English is generally but rather vaguely called ‘meditation’. One has to distinguish 2 kinds: development of tranqu …

Patti-dāna: lit. ‘giving of the acquired’, i.e. ‘transference of merit.’ Though in the older texts very seldom mentioned e.g. A VII, 50, it is, however, a widespread custom in all Buddhist countr …

Puñña-kiriya-vatthu: ‘bases of meritorious action’. In the suttas, 3 are mentioned consisting of giving generosity; dāna - maya - p of morality sīla - maya - p and of mental de …

Puññā-dhārā: ‘streams of merit’. It is said that one produces 4 streams of merit by offering the 4 requisites robes, foodfood, dwelling, medicine to a Bhikkhu who has reached the conditionless de …

Puññābhisankhāra: ‘meritorious kammic-constructions’ of the sense-and fine-material sphere; see: sankhāra I. 1.

1. filled MN.i.387 (paripuṇṇa +); Dhp-a.iv.182 (pañca jātisatāni a.).
2. abbocchinna*, a + vi + ava + chinna]…

adjective (-˚) found of, indulging in, finding delight in AN.iv.224 (nekkhamma˚); AN.v.175 (id.) Snp.86 (nibbāna˚), Snp.275 (vihesa˚), Snp.276 (kalaha˚); Ja.v.382 (dāna˚); Pv-a.54 (puññakamma˚), Pv\ …

1. putting forth, performance, doing, working, practice: only in two comb^ns., viz
   1. gamiya˚; (or gamika˚) a heathenish practice Vin.i.233; AN.iv.180, &
   2. iddha˚; (= iddḥi˚) work …

indeclinable emphatic particle

1. in affirmative sentences: part. of assurance emphasis = for sure, very much (so), indeed, truly. Note. In connection with a dat. or an infin. the latter only app …

…fulfilling DN.i.88 (= anūna paripūra-kārin DN-a.i.248); AN.iii.152 (= samatta paripuṇṇa AA quoted by Tr. on Mil.10).

derivation…

…energy Vv.64#27 (= paripuṇṇa-viriyatāya a. Vv-a.284)

• -pañña of lofty or supreme wisdom (Ep. of the Buddha…

orig. meaning “experience, concomitance” and found only in compounds as-˚, in meaning “experiencing the sensation of or belonging to, experience of, accordance with”, e.g. maha˚ sensation of greatnes …

adjective small, little, insignificant, often in the sense of “very little = (next to) nothing” (so in most compounds); thus expl^d. at Vv-a.334 as equivalent to a negative part. (see *[a …

thoughtfulness, carefulness, conscientiousness, watchfulness, vigilance, earnestness, zeal DN.i.13 (: a. vuccati satiyā avippavāso DN-a.i.104); DN.iii.30 DN.iii.104 sq., DN.iii.112, DN.iii.244, DN.ii …

…Kp-a.65; Dhp-a.i.12 (˚puṇṇa-netta with eyes full of tears); Dhp-a.ii.98; Pv-a.125. -dhārā a shower of tears…

…all limbs Pv.ii.12#12 (= paripuṇṇa-sabbanga-paccangavatī Pv-a.158) Snp-a.383; Dhp-a.i.390; Thag-a.288; Sdhp.83 fig. rathassa…

1. a relation, relative, kinsman; pl. bandhū Ja.iv.301; Pv-a.86 (= ñātī) & bandhavo Cnd.455 (where Mnd.11 in id. p. reads bandhū)
   ■ Ādicca˚; kinsman of the Sun an epithet of the Buddha Vin …

…Thag.1134; Ja.vi.12 (vāta-puṇṇa-bhasta-camma, skin of bellows full of wind); Snp-a.171 (vāta-pūrita-bhastrā viya), Snp-a.494…

I. Crude meaning

1. a wheel (of a carriage) Dhp.1; Pv-a.65 (ratha˚); Mil.27.
2. a discus used as a missile weapon Ja.i.74; Pgdp.36; cp khura˚ a razor as an instr. of torture.
3. a disc, a …

…variant reading ˚sanda). -puṇṇa˚ the full moon Ja.i.149, Ja.i.267; Ja.v.215; ˚mukha with a face like a full moon (of the Buddha)…

in cpd. paripuṇṇa˚; state or condition of the full moon Snp-a.502.

abstr. fr. canda

to move, get into motion, shift, to fall away, decease, esp. to pass from one state of existence into another DN.i.14 (sañsaranti c˚ upapajjanti, cp. DN-a.i.105); Kp.viii.4 (= Kp-a.220: apeti vigacc …

conditional particle “if,” constructed either with Indicative (ito ce pi yojanasate viharati even if he lived 100 y. from here DN.i.117) or Conditional (tatra ce tumhe assatha kupitā DN.i.3), or Poten …

to be gathered, to be heaped up Snp.428 (cīyate pahūtaṃ puññaṃ). See also ā˚.

Pass. of cināti

Dhamma¹

masculine & rarely neuter constitution etc.

A. Definitions by Commentators

Bdhgh gives a fourfold meaning of the word dhamma (at DN-a.i.99; Dhp-a.i.22), viz. 1 guṇe ( …

Dhañña¹

neuter grain, corn. The usual enumⁿ comprises 7 sorts of grain, which is however not strictly confined to grain-fruit proper (“corn”) but includes, like other enum ^…

…ratti DN-a.i.141.

• -puṇṇamāsī a clear, full moon night Thag.306, Thag.1119
• -mukha…

1. giving, dealing out, gift; almsgiving liberality, munificence; especially a charitable gift to a bhikkhu or to the community of bhikkhus, the Sangha (cp. deyyadhamma & yañña). As such it constitute …

…AN.iii.83; AN.iv.143; ˚paripuṇṇa SN.ii.219; SN.v.204; ˚manāpa SN.iv.238; ˚sukha AN.ii.231; AN.iii.409; ˚sukhin DN-a.i.119 etc.

Sk….

…(+ visatā˚); paripuṇṇa-gabbhā ready to be delivered Ja.i.52; Pv-a.86; saññi˚ a conscious foetus DN.i.54 = MN.i.518 =…

…of the moon: g˚ majjhe puṇṇacando viya Ja.i.149, Ja.i.212; g˚ tale canda-maṇḍalaṃ Ja.iii.365; cando g˚ majjhe ṭhito Ja.v.137;…

1. going, going away, (opp. āgati coming) (both gati & āgati usually in pregnant sense of No. (2) See āgati); direction, course, career. Freq of the two careers of a Mahāpurisa (viz. either a Cakkavat …

…Ja.i.52, Ja.i.93 (puṇṇa˚) Ja.i.166; Vv-a.118, Vv-a.207, Vv-a.244 (˚satena nhāto viya); Pv-a.66 (udaka˚), Pv-a.179…

the doing, deed, work orig. meaning (see karoti) either building (cp. Lit kùrti, Opr. kūra to build) or weaving, plaiting (still in mālākamma and latā˚ “the intertwining of garland …

1. doing, acting, working; work, business, occupation profession. paṭicchanna˚ of secret acting Snp.127 Vb.357; as being punished in Niraya AN.i.60; SN.iv.180 as occupation esp. in pl. kammantā: SN.v. …

v. irreg. Of the endless variety of forms given by grammarians only the foll. are bona fide and borne out by passages from our texts (when bracketed found in gram. works only).

I. Act

1. I …

(& sometimes; kaṭa) done, worked, made. Extremely rare as v. trs. in the common meaning of E. make, Ger. machen, or Fr. faire (see the cognate kapp and jan, also uppajjati & viss …

…Mhvs.17.

• -temāsi (-puṇṇamā) (the full moon) of pubbakattikā Vin.iii.261; Mhvs.17, Mhvs.1 (˚puṇṇamāsī). *…

…Vv-a.255.

• -paripuṇṇa fulfilled in its entirety (sakala DN-a.i.177) of the Doctrine; explained also at…

…sabbaguṇa-paripuṇṇa sabba-yoga-visaṃyutta Snp-a.153
■ ye suvimuttā te kevalino ye kevalino vaṭṭaṃ tesaṃ natthi…

I. Crude meaning

bulk, massiveness (gross) substance.

1. Esp. used
   1. of an elephant: the bulk of the body, i.e. its back SN.i.95 vāraṇassa Ja.iii.392; hatthi-khandha-vara-gata on th …

waste, destruction, consumption decay, ruin, loss; of the passing away of night Vv-a.52 mostly in applied meaning with ref. to the extinction of passions & such elements as condition, life, & rebirth …

1. (lit.) a field, a plot of land, arable land, a site, DN.i.231; SN.i.134 (bījaṃ khette virūhati; in simile); three kinds of fields at SN.iv.315, viz. agga˚ majjhima˚, hīna˚ (in simile); AN.i.229 = A …

Kiriya, Kiriyā & Kriyā

1. (n.)-
   1. (-˚) action, performance, deed; the doing = fulfilment cp. ˚karaṇa, anta˚, making an end of, putting a stop to (dukkhassa) SN.iii.149; SN.iv.93; Snp.454, Snp.72 …

Kiriya, Kiriyā & Kriyā

1. (n.)-
   1. (-˚) action, performance, deed; the doing = fulfilment cp. ˚karaṇa, anta˚, making an end of, putting a stop to (dukkhassa) SN.iii.149; SN.iv.93; Snp.454, Snp.72 …

…at DN-a.i.139 as: tadā kira kumudāni supupphitāni honti) or in phrase komudiyā puṇṇamāya Dhp-a.iii.461.

fr. kumuda the white waterlily,…

…usually in phrase paripuṇṇa-k-k (adj.) “with stores of treasures and other wealth” Vin.i.342; DN.i.134; SN.i.89; Mil.2; &…

proficiency. There are 3 kinds mentioned at DN.iii.220, Vb.325 & Vism.439 sq. viz.; āya˚, apāya˚; and upāya˚; at Dhs.16 = Dhs.20 = Dhs.292 Dhs.555 = Nd ii.ad paññā it is classed between paṇḍicca a …

…kosa (q.v.) in formula paripuṇṇa-kosa-koṭṭhâgāra (adj.) DN.i.134, explained at DN-a.i.295 as threefold, viz dhana˚ dhañña˚…

Kiriya, Kiriyā & Kriyā

1. (n.)-
   1. (-˚) action, performance, deed; the doing = fulfilment cp. ˚karaṇa, anta˚, making an end of, putting a stop to (dukkhassa) SN.iii.149; SN.iv.93; Snp.454, Snp.72 …

adjective

1. (adj.) clever, skilful, expert; good, right, meritorious MN.i.226; Dhp.44; Ja.i.222 Esp. appl. in moral sense (= puñña), whereas akusala is practically equivalent to pāpa. ekam pi ce pāṇ …

…(cittaṃ anāturaṃ); paripuṇṇa-k˚ suruci sujāto etc., with a perfect body (of the Buddha) Snp.548 Thag.818; cp. mahā-k˚ (of Brahmins)…

…Mhvs.5, Mhvs.91; cp. paripuṇṇa-kāya Snp.548 (with explⁿ lakkhaṇehi puṇṇatāya at Snp-a.452).

3. (in spec. sense:)…

Lakkhika & ˚ya

adjective belonging to auspices, favoured by good luck Sdhp.105 (˚ya); usually neg alakkhika unlucky, unfortunate, ill-fated; either with appa-puñña of no me …

Lakkhika & ˚ya

adjective belonging to auspices, favoured by good luck Sdhp.105 (˚ya); usually neg alakkhika unlucky, unfortunate, ill-fated; either with appa-puñña of no me …

1. luck, good fortune, success, personal welfare Ja.iii.443 (combined with sirī splendour explained by parivāra-sampatti & paññā respectively), Ja.iv.281 (explained as “sirī pi puññam pi paññā pi”). …

…andhakāra); Dhp-a.i.140 (vippakiṇṇa-valikaṃ pañcavaṇṇa-kusuma-lāja-puṇṇaghaṭa-paṭimaṇḍita).

cp. Vedic lāja:…

…andhakāra); Dhp-a.i.140 (vippakiṇṇa-valikaṃ pañcavaṇṇa-kusuma-lāja-puṇṇaghaṭa-paṭimaṇḍita).

cp. Vedic lāja:…

…wish Mhvs.8, Mhvs.27 (puṇṇa-sabbamanoratha). Manoratha-pūraṇī (f.) “the wish fulfiller” is the name of the Commentary on the…

…wish Mhvs.8, Mhvs.27 (puṇṇa-sabbamanoratha). Manoratha-pūraṇī (f.) “the wish fulfiller” is the name of the Commentary on the…

1. to think, to be of opinion, to imagine, to deem Snp.199 (sīsaṃ… subhato naṃ maññati bālo), Snp.588 (yena yena hi maññanti, tato taṃ hoti aññathā) Ja.ii.258 (maññāmi ciraṃ carissati: I imagine he wi …

…mā, Gr. μή

-Mā

see puṇṇa-mā.

the short form of māsa, direct derⁿ fr….

…(samaṇa˚), Snp.889 (paripuṇṇa˚); Dhp.63 (paṇḍita˚ proud of his cleverness cp. Dhp-a.ii.30); Ja.i.454 (atireka˚); Ja.iii.357…

…see puṇṇa.

• -puṇṇatā fullness or completion of the month DN-a.i.140; *…

experience, skill, cleverness Pp.25, Pp.35; Dhs.16, Dhs.292; Dhs-a.147.

fr. nipuṇa

adjective producing, accomplishing Dhs-a.47; Pv-a.147 (sukha-˚ṃ puññaṃ).

fr. nipphādeti

flowing or trickling down; discharge, dropping issue; result, outcome, esp. effect of Kamma AN.iii.32; Ja.i.31, Ja.i.205, Ja.i.426 (sarīra˚); Dhp-a.i.395; Dhp-a.ii.36, Dhp-a.ii.86; Vv-a.14 (puñña\ …

to lean on, a foundation on, rely on, trust, pursue Snp.798 (sīlabbataṃ; Snp-a.530 = abhinivisati); Vv-a.83 (katapuññaṃ). Pass. nissīyati Vv-a.83. pp. nissita ger. *[nissāya] …

adjective forming a substratum for rebirth (always with ref. to puñña, merit). Not with Morris, J.P.T.S. 1885 38 as “exceedingly great”; the correct interpretation is given by Dhpāla at Vv-a.154 as “ …

to effect, perform, prepare, make, do SN.i.24 (pakubbati); Snp.254 (id.), Snp.781, Snp.790 (ppr. med. pakubbamāna; cp. Mnd.65); Iti.21 (puññaṃ); Snp-a.169 (pakurute, corresponding with sevati)
pp * …

…(vakkali); SN.iv.63 (Puṇṇa); Snp.p.59 Snp.p.60 (a Thera); Mil.390 (Arahant); Vv-a.158; Pv-a.76; Dhp-a.ii.163; Dhp-a.iv.42. 2….

…(vārinā). 2. complete, i.e. not defective, perfect, sound, healthy Snp.548 (˚kāya lakkhaṇehi puṇṇatāya ahīn’ anga-paccangatāya ca…

fullness, completeness Snp-a.452.

abstr. fr. paripuṇṇa

…Dhp-a.i.309
pass paripūriyati to be fulfilled or perfected Dhp-a.i.309
pp paripuṇṇa (q.v.)
caus…

overflowing Ja.vi.328 (= atipuṇṇattā pagharamāna).

pp. of pari + sru

…DN.ii.224; MN.i.12 (paripuṇṇa +). 2. [pp. of pari + ava + śri, cp. ajjhosita] fixed on, bent on Mil.140 (˚sankappa).

pp. of pari +…

1. giving birth Pv-a.35
2. producing, generating, effecting Pv-a.31 (puñña˚).

fr. pa + su

to bring forth, give birth to, beget, produce; mostly fig. in combination with the foll. nouns kibbisaṃ to commit sin Vin.ii.204; AN.v.75; pāpaṃ id Pv.iv.1#50; puññaṃ to produce merit SN.i.182, …

attached to (acc. or loc.), intent upon (-˚), pursuing, doing DN.i.135 (kamma˚); Snp.57 (see Cnd.427), Snp.709, Snp.774, Snp.940, Dhp.166, Dhp.181; Vism.135 (doing a hundred & one things: aneka-kicc …

…Ja.i.69; Ja.iii.535 (puṇṇa ˚ṃ deti to give a full bowl, i.e. plenty); Ja.v.389 (pl. pattāni); Vism.108 (āṇigaṇṭhik’ āhato…

to grow up, to increase MN.i.7; SN.ii.84, SN.ii.92; Snp.306 (3^rd sg. praet. ˚atha); Dhp.282, Dhp.335 Dhp.349; Pp.64; Pv-a.8 (puññaṃ)
pp pavaḍḍha pavuddha.

pa + vṛdh

1. satisfied MN.i.12 (+ paripuṇṇa pariyosita); Mil.231; Vism.71.
2. having come to the end of the rainy season Vin.i.175
   ■ Freq in…

…(˚pakāra-gomaṇḍala-puṇṇabhāva). Cp. further: guṇā Mil.249; paṇṇāni Vin.i.201 (nimba˚, kuṭaja˚, paṭola˚, sulasi˚,…

…(? variant reading paripuṇṇa, cp. Thag-a.290); Ja.i.384 Ja.vi.64; Mil.390; Dhp-a.i.394 (sīse); Vv-a.167 (so read for ˚mukkha),…

means of reaching a goal or destination, path, way, means, method, mode of progress (cp. Dhs. translation 53, 82, 92, 143), course, practice (cp. BSk. pratipad in meaning of pratipatti “line of cond …

kindly received (covered, concealed? C.) Ja.vi.23 (= paṭicchāditaṃ guttaṃ paripuṇṇaṃ vā C.).

pp. of paṭisantharati

Pekkha¹

adjective (-˚) looking out for, i.e. intent upon, wishing usually in puñña˚; desirous of merit SN.i.167; Dhp.108 (= puññaṃ icchanto Dhp-a.ii.234); Vv.34#21 (= puññaphalaṃ ākank …

…the beginning of Spring; always with ref. to the spring full moon, as phagguṇa-puṇṇamā at Vism.418; phagguṇi˚ Ja.i.86.

cp. Vedic…

Phala¹

neuter to burst, thus lit. “bursting,” i.e. ripe fruit; see phalati]

1. (lit. fruit (of trees etc.) Vv.84#14 (dumā nicca-phal’ ûpapannā not to phalu, as Kern, …

adjective

1. former, ancient, living in former times DN.i.104 (isayo), DN.i.238 (id.); Snp.284 (id.) SN.ii.105; SN.iv.307 (ācariya-pācariyā); Thag.947.
2. (-˚; cp. pubba² 1) having forme …

˚- in compounds: “in a former existence”: -kata (nt.) deeds done in a past life MN.ii.217 = AN.i.173 (˚hetu); Ja.v.228 (˚vādin fatalist) Ne.29 (˚punnata). -nivāsa [cp. BSk. pūrve-nivāsasaṃpray …

species of tree Ja.i.9 (˚puppha); Ja.vi.530; Kp-a.50 (aggacchinna˚-phala), Kp-a.53 (id.).

dial.?

1. to clean, cleanse Vv-a.19 (+ visodheti, in def. of puñña).
2. to sift Ja.vi.108 (angāraṃ p. = attano sīse angāre p. okirati C. so read with variant reading for phunati T.); DN-a.i.268 (bhusaṃ pu …

…Ja.i.50 (with abl. pure puṇṇamāya). Often meaning “in a former life, e.g. Vv.34#8, Vv.34#13; Pv.i.2#1 (= pubbe atītajātiyaṃ…

adjective

1. ancient, past Snp.312, Snp.944 (= Mnd.428 atītaṃ opp. nava = paccuppannaṃ); Dhp.156 (= pubbe katāni C.); with ref. to former births or previous existences p. kammaṃ SN. …

adjective possessing merit, meritorious, virtuous Pts.ii.213; Vism.382; Dhp-a.i.340; Pv-a.75.

fr. puñña

fulness Snp-a.502.

abstr. ro puṇṇa

fulness DN-a.i.140 (māsa˚ full-moon).

abstr. to puṇṇa

adj. nt.

1. (adj.) evil, bad, wicked, sinful AN.ii.222 sq. (and compar. pāpatara); Snp.57; Dhp.119 (opp. bhadra) Other compar-superl. forms are pāpiṭṭha SN.v.96 pāpiṭṭhatara Vin.ii.5; pāpiyyasika DN …

…Pv.iv.3#13 (= pānīyena puṇṇa Pv-a.251); Pp.45, Pp.46; Pv-a.29
■ dup˚; difficult to fill Ja.v.425
■ pūraṃ (-˚) nt. as…

…Vism.i.37 (lakāraṃ)

pp puṇṇa. See also pari˚. Caus. ii. pūrāpeti to cause to fill…

filled with (-˚), full Pv.ii.1#20 (= paripuṇṇa Pv-a.77); Pv-a.134.

pp. of pūreti

…laddh’ adhippāyo paripuṇṇa-koṭthāgāro,“ i.e. “a crowned noble, victorious in battle slaying his foes, fulfilling his desires,…

…laddh’ adhippāyo paripuṇṇa-koṭthāgāro,“ i.e. “a crowned noble, victorious in battle slaying his foes, fulfilling his desires,…

…end AN.ii.193; Snp.781 = paripuṇṇa Mnd.65. 2. [cp. Sk. samasta, pp. of saṃ + as to throw cp. BSk. samasta, e.g. Jtm.xxxi.90] complete,…

(sampūrṇa) filled, full Snp.279; Bv.ii.119 = Ja.i.20; Mhvs.22, Mhvs.60.

Sata¹

(num. card.) a hundred, used as nt (collect.), either-˚ or as apposition, viz. gāma-sataṃ a hundred (ship of) villages Dhp-a.i.180; jaṭila-satāni 100 ascetics Vin.i.24; jāti˚ DN. …

(& saṃcayati) to accumulate; ppr. -cayanto Mhvs.21, Mhvs.4; aor. cini˚; Pv-a.202 (puññaṃ), Pv-a.279 (pl. ˚cinimha)
pp sañcita
■ Cp. abhi˚.

saṃ + cināti

…AN.iii.259; AN.v.31. paripuṇṇa˚; having one’s intentions fulfilled MN.i.192; MN.iii.276; DN.iii.42; AN.v.92, AN.v.97 sq.; sara˚;…

one of the most difficult terms in Buddhist metaphysics, in which the blending of the subjective-objective view of the world and of happening peculiar to the East, is so complete, that it is almost i …

appearance; (-˚) having the appearance of, like, similar Ja.ii.150; Ja.v.71 Ja.v.155, Ja.v.370 (puñña˚ = sadisa C.); Bv.17, Bv.21; Mil.2.

saṃ + kāsa, of kāś, cp. okāsa

…sassirika Ja.v.177 (puṇṇa-canda˚); opp. nissirīka (a) without splendour Ja.vi.225, Ja.vi.456; (b) unlucky…

…sassirika Ja.v.177 (puṇṇa-canda˚); opp. nissirīka (a) without splendour Ja.vi.225, Ja.vi.456; (b) unlucky…

adjective noun agreeable, pleasant, blest Vin.i.3; Dhp.118, Dhp.194, Dhp.331; Snp.383; paṭipadā, pleasant path, easy progress AN.ii.149 sq.; Dhs.178; kaṇṇa-s. pleasant to the ear DN.i.4; happy, pleas …

Teja & Tejo

“sharpness,” heat, flame, fire, light; radiance, effulgence splendour, glory, energy, strength, power DN.ii.259 (personified as deva, among the 4 Elements paṭhavī, āpo, t., vāyo; cp. tejo …

Teja & Tejo

“sharpness,” heat, flame, fire, light; radiance, effulgence splendour, glory, energy, strength, power DN.ii.259 (personified as deva, among the 4 Elements paṭhavī, āpo, t., vāyo; cp. tejo …

mattress (consisting of layers of grass or wool: tiṇṇaṃ tūlānaṃ aññatara-puṇṇa-tūlikā DN-a.i.87) Vin.i.192; Vin.ii.150; DN.i.7; AN.i.181.

der. fr. tūla

1. to collect, heap up, accumulate (puññaṃ or pāpaṃ) Vv-a.254; Pv-a.8, Pv-a.241.
2. to concentrate pay attention Thag.199 (C. upacetuṃ for ocetuṃ T.); Ja.v.339 (= oloketi)
   pass upaciyyati Th …

1. heaped up, accumulated, collected, produced (usually of puñña merit, & kamma karma) Snp.697; Kp-a.132; Snp-a.492; Vv-a.7, Vv-a.271, Vv-a.342; Pv-a.30, Pv-a.150.
2. built up, conserved (of th …

propped up, supported, sustained Ja.i.107; Mil.36; DN-a.i.234; Pv-a.117 (puñña-phal˚), Pv-a.148 (utu-āhārehi u.).

pp. of upatthambheti

adjective

1. overflowing, heaped up, crowded; extensive, abundant, preponderant, excessive, full of (˚-) Vin.i.285 (cīvaraṃ u. overstocked; Vin.ii.270 (āmisaṃ too abundant); Vin.iii.286 Thig.444 (= …

…kañcan’ādāso viya paripuṇṇaṃ mukhaṃ).

• -nābhi (either uṇṇa˚ or uṇṇā, cp. Vedic ūrṇavābhi,…

…a kind of garment, as puṇṇa˚; (full of costliness? but perhaps not connected with vaḍḍh˚ at all) Mhvs.23, Mhvs.33 & Mhvs.37 (where…

…Sankhārābhājaniya Mahāpuṇṇama etc. Suttas, as catechetical Dhs-a.26 = DN-a.i.24
■ Note. The 2^nd part of the word looks…

full development, abundance, plenty, fullness DN.iii.70, DN.iii.221, DN.iii.285; SN.iii.53; AN.i.94 (āmisa˚, dhamma˚); AN.iii.8, AN.iii.404; AN.v.152 sq., AN.v.350 sq.; Mil.33, Mil.251; Vism.212 (sadd …

Vimāna¹

neuter lit. covering a certain space, measuring; the def^ns given by Dhpāla refer it to “without measure,” i.e. immeasurable. Thus = vigata-māne appamāṇe mahanta vara-p …

having grown, growing SN.ii.65 (viññāṇe virūḷhe āyatiṃ punnabbhav’ âbhinibbatti hoti).

pp. of virūhati

1. (mark of) distinction, characteristic, discrimination AN.i.267; SN.iv.210; Ja.ii.9; Mil.29; Vv-a.58, Vv-a.131; Pv-a.50, Pv-a.60.
2. elegance splendour, excellence Ja.v.151; Dhp-a.i.399.
3. dis …

…or month (see vesākha), usually as visākha˚ (-puṇṇamā), e.g. Snp-a.391; Vv-a.165.

vi + sākhā, Sk….

striving, endeavour, undertaking Snp.953 (explained as the 3 abhisankhāras, viz puñña˚, apuñña˚ & āneñja˚ at Mnd.442).

vi + ārambha

…Mil.202 (= Bodhisatta) Puṇṇaka “Full(-moon?)” Ja.vi.255 sq. (a leader of soldiers, nephew of Vessavaṇa). Māra the “Tempter…

…plenty MN.i.12 (paripuṇṇa… suhita y.); Pv-a.24 (= pahūta). yāvad-eva [cp. the similar tāva-d-eva] “as much as it is (in…

…Ja.ii.352 (sabb˚ paripuṇṇa altogether perfect in qualities) 3. sign, appearance form, DN.i.175; Ja.i.266 (chātak˚ sign of hunger);…

“knocking against”, setting on, insult, offence Vin.ii.203 (˚ṃ Tathāgataṃ an insult to the T.; quoted as such at Vv-a.55 where two meanings of ā. are given, corresponding to āsajja 1 & 3, viz. samāga …

…Ja.i.50; Snp-a.208; -puṇṇamā Ja.i.63; Dhp-a.i.87; Snp-a.199; Vv-a.66; Pv-a.137; -māsa Snp-a.378 (= vassûpanāyikāya…

…Ja.i.50; Snp-a.208; -puṇṇamā Ja.i.63; Dhp-a.i.87; Snp-a.199; Vv-a.66; Pv-a.137; -māsa Snp-a.378 (= vassûpanāyikāya…

…Mnd.340; Ja.i.381 (paripuṇṇa˚); Vb.412 sq. (id.).

• -uppāda birth of the āyatanas (see above 3) Vin.i.185 *…

…complete Pv-a.285 (= paripuṇṇa).

• -udara (ūnudara, ūnūdara, ūnodara) an empty stomach adj. of empty stomach;…

(ṭṭhāna) neuter

I. Connotation

As one of the 4 iriyāpathā (behaviours)

1. contrasted (a) as standing position with sitting or reclining (b) as rest with motion.
2. by itself without parti …