punya
पुण्य punyaSpiritual merit, accrued through puja, pilgrimage to a tirtha, charity and right action, and reckoned within the working of karma.
Where this term appears
- What is Tirtha? Pilgrimage in Hindu Life Temples
One is punya (merit), the spiritual credit earned by bathing, fasting, and worship at a holy place.
- The debt to the dead Treatise
But merit, punya , is treated as something that can, within limits, be shared and directed.