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puṇṇāya
puṇṇa
fem instr sg of puṇṇa (pp); masc dat sg of puṇṇa (pp); fem dat sg of puṇṇa (pp); nt dat sg of puṇṇa (pp); …
- puṇṇa (pp): filled (with); full (of)
- puṇṇa (pp): (of the moon) full; complete; lit. filled
- puṇṇa (masc): name of a Sakyan arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in giving Dhamma talks; Puṇṇa Mantāṇiputta; lit. filled
- puṇṇa (masc): name of an arahant monk from Sunāparanta; Puṇṇa Sunāparanta; lit. filled
- puṇṇa (masc): name of a Koliyan ascetic who performed the cow practice; lit. filled
- puṇṇā (fem): name of an arahant nun; lit. complete
- puṇṇā (fem): name of an arahant nun; lit. complete
- puṇṇa (pp): complete; lit. filled
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Built from
- puṇ — root · fill
From PIE *pel- 'to fill, be full'. Cognates: Sanskrit pūr-, Latin plenus, English full, plenty.
- n — ending · past participle marker
Marks a completed action; here expressing the state 'full' or 'filled'.
- ā — ending · feminine/dative singular
Feminine instrumental singular or dative singular marker depending on the referent's gender and syntactic role in context.
Etymology. Past participle of √puṇ 'to fill'; cognate with Sanskrit pūrṇa 'full', Latin plenus 'full', English full, from Proto-Indo-European *pel- 'to fill, be full'. The root appears in English words like plenty and replete.