…action. Opposite terms: apuñña = demerit. pāpa = ‘bad’, ‘evil’. The value of meritorious action is often stressed, e.g., in the Treasure…

Apuññābhisankhāra: see: sankhāra

…development forms one of the 3 kinds of meritorious action puñña-kiriya-vatthu. ’Delight in…

…of meritorious action’ puññakiriyavatthu, called there pattānuppadāna App..

See ’The Doctrine of Reversible Merit by F. L….

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

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.