1. Good, pure, holy, right, righteous, virtuous, just, or sacred. 2. Happy, prosperous, favourable, propitious, auspicious, or lucky. 3. Bright, fine, beautiful, pleasing, sweet, or fragrant. 4. Solemn, festive, or ferial.
पुण्य (puṇya) [Printed book page 0580-a] पुण्य (puṇya) puṇya, as, ā, am (said to be fr. rt.
1.
pū; according to others fr. rt. 1.
puṣ or rt.
puṇ; not met with in the earliest language), good,
pure, holy, right, righteous, virtuous, just, sacred;
happy, prosperous, favourable, propitious, auspicious,
lucky; bright, fine, beautiful, pleasing; sweet, fra-
grant (as an odour); solemn, festive, ferial; (
am),
n. good, right, virtue, moral or religious merit; a
good or meritorious act; purity, purification; a reli-
gious ceremony, especially one performed by a wife
in order to retain her husband's affections and to
obtain a son; a brick trough for watering cattle, =
koṣṭhaka; (as), m., N. of a man; of a lake (in
this sense perhaps n.); (
ā), f. holy basil, Ocymum
Sanctum; N. of a daughter of Kratu and San-natī.
—Puṇya-kartṛ, tā, m. ‘right-doer,’ an upright
or virtuous man.
—Puṇya-karman, a, n. a virtuous
or meritorious act; (
ā, ā, a), whose actions are
holy or meritorious, doing good works, upright,
righteous, virtuous, pious; [cf.
puṇyaika-karman.]
—Puṇya-kāla, as, m. an auspicious time.
—Pu- ṇyakāla-tā, f. a propitious period.
—Puṇya-kīrtti, is, is, i, bearing a good name, famous, celebrated;
N. of a Buddhist (whose form was assumed by
Viṣṇu).
—Puṇya-kṛt, t, t, t, ‘right-doing,’ up-
right, virtuous; N. of a divinity enumerated among
the Viśve Devāḥ.
—Puṇya-kṛtyā, f. a good action.
—Puṇya-kṣaya, as, m. decay or loss of religious
merit.
—Puṇya-kṣetra, am, n. a holy place or
district, a place by visiting which merit is acquired,
a place of pilgrimage.
—Puṇya-gandha, as, ā, am, sweet-scented, fragrant; (
as), m. the Campaka,
Michelia Champaka.
—Puṇya-gandhi, is, is, i, or
puṇya-gandhin, ī, inī, i, sweet-scented, fragrant.
—Puṇya-gṛha, am, n. a house of charity, an
alms-house; a temple.
—Puṇya-jana, as, m. a
good or pious or virtuous man; N. of a class of
supernatural beings; a Yakṣa or attendant of Kuvera
the god of wealth; a fiend, goblin, Rākṣasa.
—Pu- ṇyajaneśvara (°na-īś°), as, m. ‘lord of the Yakṣas,’
Kuvera the Hindū deity of wealth.
—Puṇya-jala, as, ā, am, containing pure water.
—Puṇya-jita, as, ā, am, gained or attained by good works.
—Puṇya-tara, as, am, purer, holier.
—Puṇya- tarī-kṛ, cl. 8. P.
-karoti, -kartum, to make purer
or cleaner.
—Puṇya-tā, f. or
puṇya-tva, am, n.
purity, holiness.
—Puṇya-tīrtha, am, n. a holy shrine
or place of pilgrimage.
—Puṇya-tṛṇa, am, n. holy
grass; N. of the white variety of Kuśa grass.
—Puṇya-darśana, as, ā, am, of beautiful appear-
ance, beautiful; (
as), m. the blue jay,
= cāṣa; (am), n. visiting holy shrines.
—Puṇya-duh, -dhuk, k, k, yielding or granting happiness or beatitude.
—Puṇya-nātha, as, m., N. of a grammarian.
Page0580-b+ 81 —Puṇya-nāman, ā, m., N. of one of the attend-
ants of Skanda.
—Puṇya-puṇya-tā, f. perfect holi-
ness.
—Puṇya-puruṣa, as, m. a godly or good
man, a man rich in moral merit.
—Puṇya-pra- tāpa, as, m. the might and efficacy of virtue or
of the merit acquired by a course of virtuous acts.
—Puṇya-prada, as, ā, am, conferring merit,
meritorious.
—Puṇya-prasava, ās, m. pl. (with
Buddhists) N. of a class of deities.
—Puṇya-phala, am, n. the fruit or reward of good works or merito-
rious actions; (
as), m. ‘having good fruit,’ the garden
of Lakṣmī; a grove.
—Puṇya-bala, as, m., N. of
a king of Puṇya-vatī.
—Puṇya-bharita, as, ā, am, extremely blessed, abounding in holiness or bliss.
—Puṇya-bhāj, k, k, k, or
puṇya-bhājin, ī, inī, i, possessing happiness, partaker of bliss, happy; pos-
sessing merit, virtuous.
—Puṇya-bhū, ūs, f. the holy
land of the Hindūs (bounded on the north by the
Himālayas, on the south by the Vindhya mountains,
and on the east and west by the sea, = Āryāvarta).
—Puṇya-bhūmi, is, f. the holy land of the Hindūs
[cf.
puṇya-bhū above]; the mother of a male
child.
—Puṇya-maya, as, ī, am, formed or con-
sisting of good.
—Puṇya-mitra, as, m., N. of a
Buddhist patriarch.
—Puṇya-yoga, as, m. the influ-
ence or effect of virtuous actions done in a former
life.
—Puṇya-rātra, as, m. a good or auspicious
night; a night on which any religious commemora-
tion or ceremony is held; [cf.
puṇyāha.]
—Puṇya- rāśi, is, m., N. of a man; N. of a mountain.
—Puṇya-labdha, as, ā, am, attained by good
works (as a reward in heaven).
—Puṇya-loka, as, ā, am, belonging to a better world, sharing in a
better world (Ved.); (
as), m. heaven, paradise.
—Puṇyaloka-tra, ind., Ved. in a better world.
—Puṇya-vat, ān, atī, at, possessing merit, merito-
rious, pure, holy, righteous, pious, virtuous; pleasing,
beautiful; fortunate, lucky, auspicious; happy; (
atī),
f., N. of a country.
—Puṇya-vardhana, am, n.,
N. of a town; (probably a wrong reading for
puṇḍra-vardhana.)
—Puṇya-varman, ā, m., N.
of a prince of Vi-darbha.
—Puṇya-vāg-buddhi- karmin, ī, iṇī, i, pure in word, thought, and deed.
—Puṇya-vijita, as, ā, am, acquired by merit,
merited.
—Puṇya-śakuna, as, m. a bird of good
omen.
—Puṇya-śālā, f. a house of charity, alms-
house.
—Puṇya-śīla, as, ā, am, being of a virtuous
disposition, disposed to virtuous acts, virtuous, pious,
righteous.
—Puṇya-śrī-garbha, as, m., N. of a
Bodhi-sattva.
—Puṇya-śloka, as, ā, am, ‘well
spoken of,’ of good fame or reputation; (
as), m. an
epithet of Nala; of Yudhi-ṣṭhira; of Kṛṣṇa; (
ā),
f. an epithet of Draupadī; of Sītā.
—Puṇyaśloka- didṛkṣā, f. the desire of seeing Nala.
—Puṇya- śloka-parāṅmukha, as, ī, am, having the face
averted from Nala.
—Puṇya-sañcaya, as, m. a
store of virtue or religious merit.
—Puṇya-sama, am, n. a good year.
—Puṇya-sāra, as, m., N. of
a prince.
—Puṇya-sundara, as, m., N. of a gram-
marian who arranged the Dhātu-pāṭha of Hema-
candra's grammar in alphabetical order.
—Puṇya- sena, as, m., N. of a man; of a prince of Ujjayinī.
—Puṇya-stambha-kara, as, m., N. of a man.
—Puṇya-sthāna, am, n. a sacred place, conse-
crated ground.
—Puṇyātman (°ya-āt°), ā, ā, a, pure-souled, righteous, virtuous, pious, holy.
—Pu- ṇyālaṅkṛta (°ya-al°), as, ā, am, adorned by
virtue; (
as), m., N. of a demon.
—Puṇyāha (°ya- aha), am, n. a good or happy or auspicious day,
holiday;
puṇyāhaṃ vac in Caus., to wish any one
a happy or pleasant day.
—Puṇyāhan (°ya-ahan), a, n., Ved.
= puṇyāha above.
—Puṇyāha-vācana, am, n. the declaration of a holiday, repeating at
sacrifices &c. ‘this is a holiday’ three times, wishing
any one a happy day.
—Puṇyaika-karman (°ya- ek°), ā, ā, a, one whose actions are only virtuous.
—Puṇyodakā (°ya-ud°), f. ‘having sacred waters,’
N. of a river in the next world.
—Puṇyodaya (°ya- ud°), as, m. the resulting of good fortune (as the effect
of virtuous acts done in a former life).
—Puṇyodyāna (°ya-ud°), as, ā, am, having beautiful gardens.
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