Pāli Dictionary

Puṇṇa3

Person

億万長者メンダカの奴隷で、「大きな功徳を持つ五人」の一人に数えられ、一本の鋤で十四の畝を耕したことで知られる

Slave of Meṇḍaka (q.v.) He was one of the five persons of Great Merit (pañca-mahāpuññā).⁷ When he ploughed the field with a single plough he made fourteen furrows, seven on each side.⁸

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