Punati, Puṇāti, Punāti, Puṉāti: 4 definitions

Introduction:

Punati means something in Buddhism, Pali, Marathi, Tamil. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

puṇāti : (pu + ṇā) cleans; sifts.

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

Punāti, (cp. Vedic pavate, punāti, pū to cleanse, as in Lat. purus clean, purgo, Ohg. fowen to sift also Gr. pu_r (cp. P. pāvaka)=Ohg. fūir=E. fire, Armen. hur, lit. “cleansing, ” see also puñña) 1. to clean, cleanse VvA. 19 (+visodheti, in def. of puñña).—2. to sift J. VI, 108 (aṅgāraṃ p. =attano sīse aṅgāre p. okirati C.; so read with v. l. for phunati T.); DA. I, 268 (bhusaṃ pumanto viya like sifting the chaff, winnowing). Cp. puneti. (Page 467)

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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.

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

punatī (पुनती) [or ति, ti].—ad (Poetry.) Again.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

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Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Puṉāti (புனாதி) noun See புனியாத்து. [puniyathu.] (C. G.)

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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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