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pattidāna {pi}


Pāḷi; √ patti + dāna
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alt. sp.: IPA: pət̪t̪ɪd̪ɑːn̪ə, Velthuis: pattidaana, readable: pattidaana, simple: pattidana
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khmer: បត្តិទាន
thai: ปตฺติทาน
sinhal.: පත්තිදාන
burm.: ပတ္တိဒါန
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ATI Glossary

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Buddhist Dictionary

by late Ven. Nyanalokita Thera:

patti-dāna:1) lit. 'giving of the acquired', i.e. 'transference of merit.' Though in the older texts very seldom mentioned (e.g. AN 7.50), it is, however, a widespread custom in all Buddhist countries. It is presumed that moral merit, especially that acquired through giving alms, can be transferred to others, apparently for the reason that one's own good deeds may become to others, especially to departed relatives and friends reborn in the ghost realm, an inducement to a happy and morally wholesome state of mind.

Transference of merit is advocated (though without mentioning the term patti-dāna) in the Tirokudda Sutta (Khp and Petavatthu) and its Commentary (Khp Translation). It is one of the ten 'bases of meritorious action' (see puññakiriyavatthu), called there pattānuppadāna.

See 'The Doctrine of Reversible Merit” by F. L. Woodward. Buddhist Review (London), Vol. I (1914), p. 38.

 

PTS Dictionary

by the Pali Text Society:

 

Glossary Thanissaro

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Illustrated Glossary of Pāli Terms

by Ven. Varado Maha Thera:

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Glossary various Teacher

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Suttas and Dhammadesanā

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Appendix: This term is found only in the Commentary, but the belief expressed by it is several times mentioned in the older Sutta texts. Cf. the main part of this work.
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