puññā-dhārā:'streams of merit'.It is said that one produces 4 streams of merit by offering the 4 requisites (robes,almsfood,dwelling,medicine) to a monk who has reached the conditionless deliverance of mind; further by being filled with unshakable faith in the Buddha,his doctrine and community of disciples,and by being perfect in morality (A.IV,51,52).A.VIII,39 describes 4 further streams of merit.