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# Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c27.2027

Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c27.2027

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### [v2.c27.2027](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c27.2027)

4. Puṇṇā.—The slave-girl of the brahmin soothsayer of the Nānac-chanda Jātaka (q.v.). When asked what boon she desired, she answered, “A pestle and mortar and a winnowing basket.”¹

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