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Pali-English dictionary

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Ponti, (vv. ll. poṭhi, sonti) Th. 2, 422, 423 is doubtful; the expln at ThA. 269 is “pilotikākhaṇḍa, ” thus “rags (of an ascetic), ” cp. J. P. T. S. 1884. See also pottha1, with which evidently identical, though misread. (Page 475)

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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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Pontī (पोन्ती).—so with [Boehtlingk] 7.359, rather than text potrī (= Pali pontī, or °ti, see [Pali Text Society’s Pali-English Dictionary], which wrongly questions the form; Pali and [Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit] confirm each other), cloth: Divyāvadāna 256.26 (ātmīyām) evopariprāvaraṇa-pontīm (mss. cited as yontīm, yontim, yāntīm, ed. em. potrīm) alabhamā- nas…(below, line 28, the same article is referred to as tam evātmīyaṃ prāvaraṇaṃ); the context indicates that it was a headcloth (turban?) in this case; in Pali it is a garment worn by a Buddhist nun.

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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.

Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Ponti (பொந்தி) noun

1. [Telugu: K. bondi.] Body; சரீரம். சோற்றினால் வளர்த்த பொந்தி [sariram. sorrinal valartha ponthi] (திருப்புகழ் [thiruppugazh] 731).

2. Stoutness; பருமை. ((சங்கத்தகராதி) தமிழ்சொல்லகராதி) [parumai. ((sangathagarathi) thamizhsollagarathi)]

3. Wooden sword; மரத்தினாற்செய்த வாள். [marathinarseytha val.] (W.)

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Pōnti (போந்தி) noun [Telugu: bōda.]

1. Swelling; வீக்கம். (யாழ்ப்பாணத்து மானிப்பாயகராதி) [vikkam. (yazhppanathu manippayagarathi)]

2. See போந்திக்கால். [ponthikkal.] Local usage

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Pontikai, Pontikkai, Pontikkal, Pontin-kannikon.

Full-text: Pontikkal, Sahapathin, Pottha.

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