Punna, Puṇṇa, Puñña, Punnā, Tham-boon: 8 definitions
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In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Access to Insight: A Glossary of Pali and Buddhist TermsMerit; worth; the inner sense of well being that comes from having acted rightly or well and that enables one to continue acting well.Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names1. Punna
Slave girl of Sujata. J.i.69; AA.i.218.
2. Punna TheriAn arahant. She was born in a householders family of Savatthi, and, at the age of twenty, having heard Pajapati Gotami preach, she left the world. One day, while meditating, the Buddha appeared before her in a ray of glory and she became an arahant.
In the past she was a kinnari on the banks of the Candabhaga, and, having seen a Pacceka Buddha, worshipped him with a wreath of reeds. Thig. vs. 3; ThigA. 9f.
She is perhaps identical with Tininalamalika of the Apadana. Ap.ii.515.
3. Punna Theri - (v.l. Punnika)An arahant. She was born in Anathapindikas household, as the daughter of a domestic slave. She was called Punna because, with her birth, the number of children in the household reached one hundred.
On the day, on which she heard the Sihanada Sutta she became a sotapanna. She converted the brahmin Sotthiya, who believed in purification through water (the conversation is recorded in Thig. vs. 236 51), and thereby won the esteem of Anathapindika, so that he freed her. Thereupon she entered the Order and in due course became an arahant.
In the time of Vipassi Buddha she was born in a clansmans family and entered the Order. She learned the three Pitakas and became a distinguished preacher. She did the same under five other Buddhas - Sikhi, Vessabhu, Kakusandha, Konagamana and Kassapa but, owing to her tendency to pride, she was unable to root out the defilements. ThigA. 199 ff.; Ap.ii.611.
Buddhaghosa, however, say of this Theri (MA.i.347f.; the story, with very different details, is given in AA.ii.716f) that she was a slave girl of Anathapindika. On one occasion, when the Buddha was about to set out on a tour, Anathapindika and the other chief patrons of the Buddha, loth to lose him for several months, begged him to remain with them. But the Buddha declined this request, and Punna, seeing Anathapindika very dejected and learning the reason, offered to persuade the Buddha to stay. So she approached him and said that she would take the Three Refuges with the Five Precepts if he would postpone his tour. The Buddha at once agreed, and Punna was freed and adopted as Anathapindikas daughter. She later joined the Order, and became an arahant after listening to an admonition (Therigatha, vs.3, about Punna 2) of the Buddha, who appeared before her in a ray of glory. Here we undoubtedly have a confusion of legends. See Punna (2).
It may be this same Punna who is mentioned in the Milindapanha (p.115) as one of the seven people whose acts of devotion brought them recompense in this very life.
4. PunnaThe slave girl of the brahmin soothsayer of the Nanacchanda Jataka. When asked what boon she desired, she answered, A pestle and mortar and a winnowing basket. J.ii.428, 429.
Source: Pali Kanon: Manual of Buddhist Terms and Doctrinesmerit, meritorious, is a popular term for karmically wholesome (kusala) action.
Opposite terms: apuñña, 'demerit'; pāpa, 'bad', 'evil',
The value of meritorious action is often stressed, e.g., in the Treasure Store Sutta (s. Khp. Tr.), Dhp 18, 118, 122. -
The Community of Holy Monks (ariya-sangha), the third Refuge (s. ti-sarana), is said to be "the incomparable field of merit in the world" (anuttaram puññakkhettam lokassa); s. anussati 3.
The Arahats, however, having transcended all life-affirming and rebirth-producing actions, are said to be "beyond merit and demerit"; see Sn.520, 547, 636, 790. - See foll. 3 articles.
Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and DrugsPunna [പുന്ന] in the Malayalam language is the name of a plant identified with Calophyllum inophyllum L. from the Clusiaceae (Garcinia) family. For the possible medicinal usage of punna, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Punna in India is the name of a plant defined with Calophyllum apetalum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Calophyllum decipiens Wight.
2) Punna is also identified with Calophyllum inophyllum It has the synonym Calophyllum tacamahaca Willd.) (Greek is, inos ‘fiber, strength’ and phyllon ‘leaf’ (etc.).
3) Punna is also identified with Calophyllum polyanthum It has the synonym Calophyllum thorelii Pierre (etc.).
4) Punna is also identified with Dillenia indica It has the synonym Dillenia speciosa Blanco (etc.).
5) Punna is also identified with Dillenia pentagyna It has the synonym Dillenia hainanensis Merrill.
6) Punna is also identified with Ehretia acuminata It has the synonym Cordia thyrsiflora Hort. ex Dippel (etc.).
7) Punna is also identified with Zanthoxylum nitidum It has the synonym Fagara hamiltoniana (Roxb.) Engl. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Swan River Colony
· Pharmaceutical Biology (2007)
· Flora Hainanica (1974)
· Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (1791)
· Taxon (1980)
· Transactions of the Natural History Society of Taiwan (1940)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Punna, for example diet and recipes, pregnancy safety, chemical composition, extract dosage, health benefits, side effects, have a look at these references.
This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionarypuñña : (nt.) merit; righteousness.
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary1) Puñña, (nt.) (cp. (late) Vedic puṇya favourable, good; etym. not clear, it may be dialectical. The word is explained by Dhammapāla as “santānaṃ punāti visodheti, ” i.e. cleaning the continuation (of life) VvA. 19, thus taken to pu. The explanation is of course fanciful) merit, meritorious action, virtue. Always represented as foundation and condition of heavenly rebirth & a future blissful state, the enjoyment (& duration) of which depends on the amount of merit accumulated in a former existence. With ref. to this life there are esp. 3 qualities contributing to merit, viz. , dāna, sīla & bhāvanā or liberality, good conduct & contemplation. These are the puñña-kiriya-vatthūni (see below). Another set of ten consists of these 3 and apaciti, veyyāvacca, patti-anuppadāna, abbhanumodanā, desanā, savana, diṭṭh’ujjuka-kamma. The opp. of puñña is either apuñña (D. III, 119; S. I, 114; II, 82; A. I, 154; III, 412; Sdhp. 54, 75) or pāpa (Sn. 520; Dh. 39; Nett 96; PvA. 5). The true Arahant is above both (Pv. II, 615). See on term also Kvu trsl. 201.—(a) Passages (selected): D. III, 58, 120; M. I, 404; II, 191, 199; S. I, 72; II, 82; IV, 190; IV, 190; V, 53; A. I, 151, 155 sq.; III, 412; Sn. 427 sq. , 547, 569, 790; Dh. 18, 116 sq. , 196, 220, 267, 331, 412; Nd1 90; Pv 1. 2; I, 512; Pug. 55; Vism. 541 (puññānaṃ paccayo duvidhā); DhA. IV, 34; PvA. 6, 8 30, 69 sq.; Sdhp. 4, 19 sq.—(b) Var. phrases & characterisations: Merit is represented as great (uḷāra DA. I, 110; PvA. 5; anappaka Pv. I, 512) or little (paritta DA. I, 110; appa S. II, 229); as adj. (—°) mahā° S. I, 191, opp. appa° M. II, 5. puñña is defined at Nd1 90 as follows: “puññaṃ vuccati yaṃ kiñci tedhātukaṃ kusal’âbhisaṅkhāraṃ; apuññaṃ vuccati sabbaṃ akusalaṃ. “ It is defined as “dāna-sīl’—ādi-pabheda” & “sucaritaṃ kusala-kammaṃ” at VvA. 19; considered as leading to future happiness: Vv 13; PvA. 58; consisting mainly in dāna (dānamayaṃ p.) PvA. 8, 51, 60, 66, 73, but also in vandana PvA. 1. To do good= puññaṃ (puññāni) karoti D. I, 137; S. IV, 331; A. V, 177; Pv. I, 119; or pasavati S. I, 182, 213; A. I, 89; II, 3 sq.; III, 244; V, 249, 282; PvA. 121, cp. puññaṃ pasutaṃ Pv. I, 512; VvA. 289. Other phrases: °ṃ ākaṅkhati S. I, 18, 20; pavaḍḍhati S. I, 33; corehi duharaṃ S. I, 36; puññānaṃ vipāko A. IV, 89; āgamo S. III, 209 IV. 349; opadhikaṃ S. I, 233; It. 78; purāṇaṃ & navaṃ S. I, 92; sayaṃ katāni puññāni S. I, 37; puññassa dhārā S. I, 100; V, 400.
2) Puṇṇa, (pp. of pṛ, Vedic pṛṇāti, Pass. pūryate, *pelē to fill; cp. Sk. prāṇa & pūrṇa=Av. p∂r∂na; Lith. pílnas; Lat. plēnus; Goth fulls=E. full=Ger voll) full, seldom by itself (only passage so far pannarase puṇṇāya puṇṇamāya rattiyā D. I, 47=Sn. p. 139). nor —° (only Sn. 835 muttakarīsa°), usually in cpds. , and there mostly restricted to phrases relating to the full moon.
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.
Prakrit-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary1) Puṇṇa (पुण्ण) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Puṇya.
2) Puṇṇa (पुण्ण) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Pūrṇa.
3) Puṇṇā (पुण्णा) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Pūrṇā.
Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+19): Punna Cetiya, Punna Dhara, Punna Kiriya Vatthu, Punna Parivena, Punnabaddha, Punnabala, Punnabhaga, Punnabhagi, Punnabhagiya, Punnabhisanda, Punnabhisanda Vagga, Punnabhisankhara, Punnacakkirai, Punnacam, Punnacanda, Punnaghata, Punnakam, Punnakama, Punnakamma, Punnakata.
Full-text (+168): Muttapunna, Udakapunna, Vatapunna, Puṇṇabhadda, Punnacanda, Kanjikapunnalabu, Punnabhisanda, Udakadanapunna, Punnatthika, Valukakuta, Punnanubhava, Punnakama, Puṇṇapatta, Punnabhaga, Punnamasi, Punnakkhandha, Punnakamma, Punnaghata, Punnapekkha, Punnaphala.
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A Discourse on Paticcasamuppada (by Venerable Mahasi Sayadaw)
Chapter 1 - The Buddha's Emphasis On Practice < [Part 5]
Chapter 7 - Silabbatupadana < [Part 7]
Chapter 4 - Story Of Mendaka < [Part 8]
Maha Buddhavamsa—The Great Chronicle of Buddhas (by Ven. Mingun Sayadaw)
Biography (9): Mantāṇiputta Puṇṇa Mahāthera < [Chapter 43 - Forty-one Arahat-Mahatheras and their Respective Etadagga titles]
Biography (5): Uttarā Nandamāta < [Chapter 45b - Life Stories of Female Lay Disciples]
Biography (1): Sujātā, Wife of the Householder of Bārāṇasī < [Chapter 45b - Life Stories of Female Lay Disciples]
Dhammapada (Illustrated) (by Ven. Weagoda Sarada Maha Thero)
Verse 226 - The Story of Puṇṇā the Slave Girl < [Chapter 17 - Kodha Vagga (Anger)]
Verse 223 - The Story of Uttarā the Lay-Disciple < [Chapter 17 - Kodha Vagga (Anger)]
Verse 402 - The Story of a Slave who Laid Down His Burden < [Chapter 26 - Brāhmaṇa Vagga (The Brāhmaṇa)]
Apadana commentary (Atthakatha) (by U Lu Pe Win)
Commentary on the Biography of Puṇṇa thera, Son of Mantānī < [Chapter 1 - Buddhavagga (Buddha section)]
Enlightenment after Defeat of Māra < [Part 2 - Discourse on the non-remote preface (avidūre-nidāna)]
Commentary on the Biography of the thera Ānanda < [Chapter 1 - Buddhavagga (Buddha section)]
Abhidhamma in Daily Life (by Ashin Janakabhivamsa) (by Ashin Janakabhivamsa)
Chapter 6 - Ten domains of meritorious actions (ten punna kiriyavatthu)
Domain 10 - Ditthijukamma (righteous belief) < [Chapter 6 - Ten domains of meritorious actions (ten punna kiriyavatthu)]
Domain 11 - Conclusion < [Chapter 6 - Ten domains of meritorious actions (ten punna kiriyavatthu)]
Jataka tales [English], Volume 1-6 (by Robert Chalmers)
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