poṇa

Poṇa1

neuter only in cpd. danta˚; a tooth pick Vin.iv.90; Ja.iv.69; Mil.15; Snp-a.272. As dantapoṇaka at Dāvs i.57
■ kūṭa-poṇa at Vism.268 read -goṇa.

= poṇa2?

Poṇa2

adjective

  1. sloping down, prone, in; anupubba˚; gradually sloping (of the ocean) Vin.ii.237 = AN.iv.198 sq. = Ud.53
  2. (-˚) sloping towards, going to, converging or leading to Nibbāna; besides in var. phrases, in general as tanninna tappoṇa tappabbhāra, “leading to that end.” As nibbāna˚; e.g. at MN.i.493; SN.v.38 sq.; AN.iii.443; cp. Vv.84#42 (nekkhamma˚-nibbāna-ninna Vv-a.348); taṃ˚; Pts.ii.197; ṭhāne Pv-a.190; viveka˚ AN.iv.224, AN.iv.233; AN.v.175; samādhi˚; Mil.38; kiṃ˚ MN.i.302.

fr. pa + ava + nam, cp. ninna & Vedic pravaṇa