Mahapunya, Mahāpuṇya, Maha-punya: 9 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchMahāpuṇya (महापुण्य):—[(ma + pu)]
1) adj. f. ā überaus schön, gut, rein, heilig: vṛtta [Harivaṃśa 14406.] deśa [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 40, 5.] gaṅgā [Mahābhārata 13, 1842.] ein Bodhisattva [Vyutpatti oder Mahāvyutpatti 21.] —
2) f. ā Nomen proprium eines heiligen Flusses [Oxforder Handschriften 46,b, Nalopākhyāna 3.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungMahāpuṇya (महापुण्य):——
1) Adj. (f. ā) — a) überaus günstig , glücklich (Tag) [Hemādri’s Caturvargacintāmaṇi 1,63,13.65,13.] — b) überaus gut , — schön. — c) überaus reinigend , — heilig. —
2) f. ā Nomen proprium eines Flusses.
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