Puny: 1 definition
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Ambiguity: Although Puny has separate glossary definitions below, it also represents an alternative spelling of the word Puṇya.
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Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryPuny in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) good; virtue; right; good deed, righteous action, (a) sacred, holy (as —[bhumi]), virtuous, righteous (as —[karya]); ~[karma] sacred/good deed, virtuous/righteous act; —[kala] auspicious moment, ~[kirti] celebrated, bearing a good name; —[kshetra] a holy/sacred place, a place of pilgrimage: ~[tama] the purest, the most sacred; ~[tara] purer, more sacred; —[tirtha] sacred pilgrimage, one whose very sight is as good as a visit to a holy place of pilgrimage; ~[darshana] (of) auspicious/propitious (appearance); —[pratapa] celebrity acquired through good deeds, the bounty of good deed, efficacy of virtue or religious merit; ~[phala] the fruit or reward of virtue or righteous deed; ~[bala] force acquired through good deeds, strength of virtue; ~[bhumi] holy land/place; ~[mmanya] thinking oneself to be virtuous/meritorious, ~[yoga] the effect of virtuous actions; ~[loka] paradise, virtuous/righteous world; ~[shloka] saintly, pious, celebrated, of good fame or reputation..—puny (पुण्य) is alternatively transliterated as Puṇya.
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See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+214): Punya-vacana, Punyabala, Punyabha, Punyabhaj, Punyabhajana, Punyabhajin, Punyabharita, Punyabhu, Punyabhumi, Punyacarita, Punyacarite, Punyaceshtita, Punyadarshana, Punyadaru, Punyadhama, Punyadhyanripa, Punyadhyanripaprabandha, Punyadin, Punyadina, Punyaduh.
Ends with: Naipuny.
Full-text (+6): Jhudatara, Ayabaya, Kirakula, Cilavana, Papyacem-pitara, Jhamvataroda, Indramadem, Tiriya, Tirya, Nasakona, Nasarada, Pratanu, Vamana, Cimurada, Supadem, Langalunga, Papyacem Pitara, Kirakola, Yarada, Bhukista.
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Search found 27 books and stories containing Puny; (plurals include: Punies). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Darkness < [December 1946]
Gauri Deshpande's Poetry < [July – September, 1982]
Ode to the Sea < [November-December, 1929]
Parables of Rama (by Swami Rama Tirtha)
Story 118 - The Whole World Within < [Chapter XVI - Self Realization]
Story 19 - Extraordinary Powers of Realized Being < [Chapter IV - God-consciousness]
Ramayana of Valmiki (by Hari Prasad Shastri)
Chapter 8 - The boasting of Ravana’s Generals < [Book 6 - Yuddha-kanda]
The Jataka tales [English], Volume 1-6 (by Robert Chalmers)
Dhammapada (Illustrated) (by Ven. Weagoda Sarada Maha Thero)
Verse 81 - The Story of Venerable Lakuṇṭaka Bhaddiya < [Chapter 6 - Paṇḍita Vagga (The Wise)]
Egypt Through The Stereoscope (by James Henry Breasted)
Position 95 - The Sixty-five-foot Portrait Statues Of Ramses Ii, Before The Rock-hewn Temple Of Abu Simbel < [Standpoints In Egypt]
Position 19 - Looking Up The Northeast Corner Of The Great Pyramid, Where The Tourists Ascend. (raise The Instrument And Look Upward) < [Standpoints In Egypt]
Position 27 - The Great Sphinx Of Gizeh, The Largest Royal Portrait Ever Hewn < [Standpoints In Egypt]