puRya a. [ Uṇ. 5. 15 ] 1 Holy, sacred, pure; janakatanayAsnAnapuRyodakezu ASramezu Me. 1 ; puRyaM DAma caMqISvarasya Me. 33 ; puRyAni hi nAmagrahaRA nyapi mahAmunInAM kiM puvardarSanAni K. 41 ; Ś. 2. 14 ; Ms. 2. 68. 2 Good, ( pb ) meritorious, virtuous, righteous, just. 3 Auspicious, propitious, lucky, favourable (as a day); Ms. 2. 30 , 26. 4 Agreeable, pleasing, lovely, beautiful; prakftyA puRyalakzmIkO Mv. 1. 16 , 24 : U. 4. 19 ; Ku. 5. 73 ; so puRyadarSanaH &c. 5 Sweet, fragrant (as odour). 6 Solemn, festive. — RyaM 1 Virtue, religious or moral merit: atyutkawEH pApapuRyErihEva Palama SnunaM H. 1. 83 ; mahana puRyapaRyane krIsaMyaM kAyatOstvayA Śānti. 3. 1 ; R. 1. 69 ; N. 3. 87. 2 A virtuous or meritorious act, good or virtuous works. 3 Purity, purification. 4 A trough for watering cattle. 5 A religious ceremony, especially one performed by a wife to retain her husband's affection and to obtain a son. — RyA The holy basil. Comp. — anuBAvaH pleasing majesty or dignity; U. 4. 22. — ahaM (for ahan ) a happy or auspicious day; puRvAhaM BavaMto bruvaMtu . astu puRyAhaM; puRyAha vraja maMgalaM sudi saM prAtaH prayAtasya te Amaru. 61. °vAcanaM repeating ‘this is an auspicious day’ three times at the commencement of most religious ceremonies. — Atman a. pious, righteous. — udayaH the dawn or resulting of good fortune. — udyAna a. having lovely gardens. — kartf m. a meritorious or virtuous man. — karman a. doing meritorious acts, upright, righteous. ( — n. ) a meritorious act. — kAlaH an auspicious time. — kIrtataH, -SravaRaH N. of Viṣṇu. — (naM) narrating or reading Purāṇas. — kIrti a. bearing a good or holy name, of auspicious fame, celebrated; Bk. 1. 5. — kft a. virtuous, meritorious. — kftyaM a meritorious work. — kzetraM 1 a holy place, place of pilgrimage. 2 ‘the holy land’, N. of Āryāvarta. — gaMDa a. sweet scented. — (Da) the Campaka tree — gaMDi a. fragrant. — gfha 1 an alms-house. 2 a temple. — janaH 1 a virtuous man. 2 a demon. goblin. 3 a Yakṣa: R. 13. 60. °ISvaraH an epithet of Kubera; anuyayO yamapuRyajaneSvarO R. 9. 6. — jita a. won by merit or good works. — tIrTaM a holy place of pilgrimage. — darSana a. 1 beautiful. 2 of sacred appearance; R. 1. 86. — (naH) the blue jay. — (naM) visiting holy shrines — duh a. granting happiness or beatitude. ( pb ) — puruzaH a man rich in moral merit, a pious man. — pratApaH the efficacy of virtue or moral merit. — PalaM the reward of good works. — (laH) a grove. — BAj a. blessed, virtuous, meritorious: puRyaBAjaHKalvamI munayaH K. 43. — BUH, -BUmiH f. ‘the holy-land’, i. e. Āryāvarta. — yogaH the result of virtuous deeds done in a former life. — rAtraH 1 an auspicious night. 2 a night on which any religious ceremony is held. — lokaH heaven, paradise. — SakunaM an auspicious omen. — (naH) a bird of good omen. — SIla a. of a virtuous disposition, inclinred to pious acts, virtuous, pious, righteous. — Sloka a. ‘well-spoken of’, or ‘auspicious to repeat or utter the name of,’ of good fame. — (kaH) an epithet of Nala, (of Niṣadha); Yudhiṣṭhira, and Janārdana; puRyaSloko nalo rAjA puRyaSloko yudDizWiraH . puRyaSlokA ca vedehI puRyaSloko janArdanaH .. (-kA) an epithet of Sītā and Draupadī — sTAnaM a sacred or holy place, a place of pilgrimage.