India history and geography

Source: What is India: Epigraphia Indica volume XXXI (1955-56)

Pūnī, grandson of Guṇapāla, is the name of a person mentioned in a Jain inscription found at Shergarh. The first half of verse 2 says that a son named Devapāla was born to Śrīpāla while nine sons, viz. Pūnī, Martha, Jana, Ilhuka and others were born to Guṇapāla-ṭhakkura’s son whose name was probably Śānti. The second half of this stanza says how all these persons caused to be made the Ratna-traya (i.e. images of the three Tīrthaṅkaras, viz. Śāntinātha, Kunthunātha and Aranātha) at Kośavarddhana or at the base of the hill-fort of Kośavardhana (Kośavarddhana-tale).

The inscription (mentioning Pūnī) was found found on the pedestal below the central figure of a group of three images of Jain Tīrthaṅkaras in a small temple outside the fort at Shergarh (ancient Kośavardhana). The three Tīrthaṅkaras represented are Śānti (Śāntinātha), Kunthu or Kunthanātha and Ara (Aranātha).

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

puṇi : (aor. of puṇāti) cleaned; sifted.

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Pūni (पूनि).—f. Purifying.

Derivable forms: pūniḥ (पूनिः).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Puni (पुनि).—in Lalitavistara 151.8 (verse) seemingly m.c. for *pune, certainly represents punar, but; both edd. read so, no v.l. No *pune seems to be recorded, even in a MIndic equiva- lent (as *puṇe, *uṇe). Possibly it may be assumed as loc. to the ‘stem’ puna- (Prakrit puṇa-, uṇa-) recorded by Pischel (see under punā). Less likely, in my opinion, *pune as ‘Māgadhism’ for MIndic puno.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Pūni (पूनि):—[from pū] f. purifying, cleansing (?), [Pāṇini 8-2, 44], [vArttika] 1, [Patañjali] ([varia lectio] dhūni).

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Puṇi in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Pūnī (पूनी):—(nf) a cotton-roll prepared for spinning on the [carakhā] or [takalī] etc.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Puṇi (ಪುಣಿ):—[noun] a long, narrow, slightly raised ridge, separating two pieces of agricultural land.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Puṇi (புணி) noun perhaps from பிணி-. [pini-.] Tuft of hair; மயிர்முடி. (அகராதி நிகண்டு) [mayirmudi. (agarathi nigandu)]

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Pūṇi (பூணி) noun probably from பூண்-. [pun-.]

1. Bull, bullock; எருது. பூணிபூண்டுழப் புட்சிலம்பும் [eruthu. punipunduzhap pudsilambum] (தேவாரம் [thevaram] 647, 3).

2. Cattle; ஆனினம். பூணிமேய்க்கு மிளங் கோவலர் [aninam. punimeykku milang kovalar] (நாலாயிர திவ்யப்பிரபந்தம் பெரிய.ாழ். [nalayira thivyappirapandam periyazh.] 3, 6, 7).

3. Taurus of the Zodiac; இடபராசி. [idaparasi.]

4. A kind of water-bird; நீர்ப்பறவை வகை. பெரும்பூட் பூணியும் பேழ்வாய்க் கொக்கும் [nirpparavai vagai. perumbud puniyum pezhvayk kokkum] (பெருங்கதை உஞ்சைக். [perungathai unchaig.] 51, 69).

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Pūṇi (பூணி) [pūṇittal] 11 verb probably from idem. transitive

1. To cause to appear; to bring into existence; தோற்றுவித்தல். விசும்பிற் புத்தப் புதுமதியம் பூணித் தான் [thorruvithal. visumbir puthap puthumathiyam punith than] (மாறனலங்காரம் [maranalangaram] 224, 531).

2. To allude to, refer to; குறிப்பிடுதல். [kurippiduthal.] (W.) — intransitive To make a vow; பிர திஞ்ஞை பண்ணுதல். என்னோடே பூணித்து [pira thijnai pannuthal. ennode punithu] (ஈடு-முப்பத்தாறுயிரப்படி [idu-muppatharuyirappadi], 10, 8, 5).

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Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.

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