Poṇa2 (adj.) [fr. pa+ava+nam, cp. ninna & Vedic pra- vaṇa] 1. sloping down, prone, in anupubba˚ gradually sloping (of the ocean) Vin ii.237=A iv.198 sq.=Ud 53. -- 2. ( -- ˚) sloping towards, going to, converging or leading to Nibbāna; besides in var. phrases, in general as tanninna tappoṇa tappabbhāra, "leading to that end." As nibbāna˚ e. g. at M i.493; S v.38 sq.; A iii.443; cp. Vv 8442 (nekkhamma˚ -- nibbāna -- ninna VvA 348); taŋ˚ Ps ii.197; ṭhānePvA 190; viveka˚ A iv.224, 233; v.175; samādhi˚ Miln 38; kiŋ˚ M i.302.