Puñja (usually -- ˚) [cp. Epic Sk. puñja] a heap, pile, mass, multitude Vin ii.211; J i.146 (sabba -- rogānaŋ). As -- ˚ in foll. cpds.: aṭṭhi˚ It 17 (+aṭṭhikandala);kaṭṭha˚ A iii.408; iv.72; J ii.327; gūtha˚ J ii.211; tiṇa˚ A iii.408; palāla˚ D i.71; M iii.3; A i.241; ii.210; maŋsa˚ D i.52; vālika˚ J vi.560; sankhāra˚ S i.135.   -- kata (& ˚kita) for puñjikata; cf. Sk. puñjīkṛta, with i for a in compn with kṛ & bhū heaped up, heaped together Vin ii.208 (puñjakita); M i.58, 89 (id. but id. p. M iii.92 puñjakajāta); A iii.324 (puñjakata; v. l. puñjakita & puñjanika); J ii.408 (puñjakata, v. l. pancalikata); vi.111 (id., v. l. puñca˚).