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Punnavant 87 Punna
righteousness, merit S
PvA 54, 87; Sdhp 3J.
1.97, 143; DA i.io ; VvA 32;
-kama (adj.) desirous of doing
good works S v. 462.
action S 1.87 (°kriya),
-kiriya a good or meritorious
loi ; PvA 54; usually.as °kiriya-
vallhu item of m. action (of which 3 are usually enum'' :
see above) D 111.218; A iv.241 ; It 51 ; Nett 50, 128.
-kkhandha mass of merit (only as maha°) S v.4f o ;
A 111.337.
-kkhaya decay (or waning of the eSecf) of
merit D 1.18 (cp. aj'ukkhaya & DA i.iio). -kkhetta
field of m., Ep. of the Sangha 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
1.446 ; iii.8