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Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

puññakkhaya : (m.) exhaustion of merit.

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

Puññakkhaya refers to: decay (or waning of the effect) of merit D. I, 18 (cp. āyukkhaya & DA. I, 110).—kkhetta field of m. , Ep. of the Saṅgha or any holy personalities, doing good (lit. planting seeds of merit) to whom is a source of future compensation to the benefactor. Usually with adj. anuttara unsurpassed field of m. (see also saṅgha) D. III, 5, 227; M. I, 446; III, 80; S. I, 167, 220; V, 343, 363, 382; A. I, 244; II, 34 sq. , 56, 113; III, 158, 248, 279 sq. , 387; IV, 10 sq. , 292; It. 88; Sn. 486; Vv 50³¹ (cp. VvA. 216); Pv IV. 1³³ (of a bhikkhu); Vism. 220; VvA. 286; PvA. 1 (ariyasaṅgha), 5 (Moggallāna), 6 (arahanto), 132, 140, 214 and passim. Cp. BSk. puṇyakṣetra Divy 63, 395 (+udāra).

Note: puññakkhaya is a Pali compound consisting of the words puñña and kkhaya.

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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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Partial matches: Punna.

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