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Old Marathi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit पुण्य (puṇya).
Noun
𑘢𑘳𑘜𑘿𑘧 (puṇya) n (Devanagari पुण्य)
- religious merit, good deed or action
1290,
Jñāneśvar,
Jñāneśvarī (Rājvāḍe edition) 13.694:
- 𑘡𑘰𑘮𑘲𑘽 𑘢𑘰𑘢𑘰𑘓𑘰 𑘎𑘰𑘽𑘘𑘰𑘩𑘰 𑙁 𑘡𑘹𑘽𑘟𑘲 𑘢𑘳𑘜𑘿𑘧𑘰𑘭𑘲 𑘕𑘲𑘪𑘰𑘩𑘰
𑘩𑘰𑘕𑘹𑘓𑘰 𑘢𑘹𑘽𑘚𑘪𑘩𑘰 𑙁 𑘏𑘜𑘼𑘡𑘲 𑘑𑘰𑘩𑘲 𑙂𑙖𑙙𑙔𑙂- nāhīṃ pāpācā kāṃṭālā . neṃdī puṇyāsī jīvālā
lājecā peṃḍavalā . khaṇaunī ghālī .694. - /nāhīṃ pāpācā kāṃṭāḷā . neṃdī puṇyāsī jīvāḷā
lājecā peṃḍavaḷā . khaṇaunī ghālī .694./
- 1948 translation by Vittal Ganesh Pradhan
- He is never tired of sin, he rejects right action
and uproots all the boundaries of shame.
Descendants
References
- Tulpule, Shankar Gopal; Feldhaus, Anne, “puṇya”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan, 1999, page 448.