𑘢𑘳𑘜𑘿𑘧

Old Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पुण्य (puṇya).

Noun

𑘢𑘳𑘜𑘿𑘧 (puṇya) n (Devanagari पुण्य)

1. 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

• Marathi: पुण्य (puṇya)

References

• Tulpule, Shankar Gopal; Feldhaus, Anne, “puṇya”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan, 1999, page 448.