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पुण्य puṇya, adj. & s.m. Good, pure, holy, righteous, virtuous, right, just; happy, prosperous, favourable, propitious, auspicious, lucky; bright, fine, beautiful, pleasing; sweet, fragrant;—good, right, virtue, moral or religious merit; virtuous action, a good or meritorious act; happiness; welfare; good fortune:—punyātmā(˚ya+āt˚), adj. Pure-souled, righteous, virtuous, holy, pious, religious; charitable; continent:—puṇyārth lagānā(˚ya+ar˚), v.t. To leave as a legacy:—puṇyāh (˚ya+aha), s.m. A good, happy, or auspicious day, a holy-day, a day on which religious observances are enjoined; the day on which tenants make the first payment of annual rents to their landlord, and on which the amount of revenue to be collected in the ensuing year is fixed:—puṇyabhūmi, puṇya-bhū, s.f. The holy land of the Hindūs (bounded on the north by the Himalayas, on the south by the Vindhya mountains, and on the east and west by the sea);—the mother of a male child:—puṇyapratāp, s.m. The might and efficacy of virtue or of the merit acquired by a course of virtuous acts:—puṇya-phal, s.m. The fruit or reward of good works or meritorious actions:—puṇyatr̤iṇ, s.m. Holy grass, the white variety of kuśa grass:—puṇya-tīrth, s.m. A holy shrine, a place of pilgrimage:—puṇya-dāyak, adj. Imparting religious merit:—puṇya-darśan, adj. & s.m. Of beautiful appearance;—the blue jay:—puṇyadarśī, adj. Regarding or taking note of religious merit:—puṇya-sthān, s.m. Sacred place, holy or consecrated ground:—puṇya-śīl, adj. Of a virtuous disposition, disposed to virtuous acts, virtuous, pious, righteous:—puṇya-kāj, puṇyakarm, s.m. A virtuous or meritorious act:—puṇya-karmā, adj. & s.m. Doing good works, upright, righteous, virtuous, pious;—a person whose actions are holy or meritorious, etc.:—puṇya-grāma, s.m. Village of virtue or merit; happy or fortunate village:—puṇya-grāmīya, adj. Of or belonging to a holy village:—puṇyagandha, adj. & s.m. Sweet-scented, fragrant;—the ćampā-flower, Michelia champaka:—puṇya-lok, s.m. The abode of the holy and blessed, heaven, paradise:—puṇya-vān, puṇyavant, adj. Possessing merit, meritorious, etc. (=puṇya):—puṇyoday (˚ya+ud), s.m. Good fortune considered as the result of virtuous acts done in a former life.