puñña

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀧𑀼𑀜𑁆𑀜 (Brahmi script)
• पुञ्ञ (Devanagari script)
• পুঞ্ঞ (Bengali script)
• පුඤ‍්ඤ (Sinhalese script)
• ပုည or ပုၺ္ၺ or ပုၺ်ၺ (Burmese script)
• ปุญฺญ or ปุญญะ (Thai script)
• ᨷᩩᨬ᩠ᨬ (Tai Tham script)
• ປຸຎ຺ຎ or ປຸຎຎະ or ປຸຍ຺ຍ຺ະ (Lao script)
• បុញ្ញ (Khmer script)
• 𑄛𑄪𑄐𑄴𑄐 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Cognate with Sanskrit पुण्य (puṇya)

Noun

puñña n

1. merit

   saddho dāyako dānapati anāvaṭadvāro samaṇabrāhmaṇakapaṇaddhikavaṇibbakayācakānaṃ opānabhūto puññāni karoti

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   (Kūṭadantasuttaṃ)

Declension

Declension table of "puñña" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	puññaṃ	puññāni
Accusative (second)	puññaṃ	puññāni
Instrumental (third)	puññena	puññehi or puññebhi
Dative (fourth)	puññassa or puññāya or puññatthaṃ	puññānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	puññasmā or puññamhā or puññā	puññehi or puññebhi
Genitive (sixth)	puññassa	puññānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	puññasmiṃ or puññamhi or puññe	puññesu
Vocative (calling)	puñña	puññāni

References

• Concise Pali-English Dictionary by A.P. Buddhadatta Mahathera