पिङ्गलpiṅgalaBrass.
Derived forms and compounds
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-लम्
- Brass.
- Yellow orpiment.
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-ला
- A kind of owl.
- The Śiśu tree (शिंशपा).
- A kind of metal.
- A particular vessel of the body; Ch. Up.8.6.1.
- The female elephant of the south.
- Name of a courtezan who became remarkable for her piety and virtuous life. (The Bhāgvata mentions how she and Ajāmīla were delivered from the trammels of the world.) -Compound
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-अक्षः an epithet of Śiva.
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-लौहम् Brass.
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पिङ्गल piṅgala, Adjective [पिङ्ग-सिध्माdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied लच्, पिङ्गं लाति, ला-क वा Tv.] Reddish-brown, yellowish, brown, tawny; तोनोत्तीर्य पथा लङ्कां रोधयामास पिङ्गलैः (वानरैः) R.12.71; Ms.3.8; पिङ्गो दीपशिखाभः स्यात् पिङ्गलः पद्मधूलिवत्.
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-लः
- The tawny colour.
- Fire.
- A monkey.
- An ichneumon.
- A small owl.
- A kind of snake.
- Name of an attendant on the sun.
- Name of one of Kubera's treasures.
- Name of a संवत्सर (the 51st or 25th in the 6 years cycle).
- Name of a reputed sage, the father of Sanskrit prosody, his work being known as पिङ्गलच्छन्दःशास्त्रः; छन्दोज्ञाननिधिं जघान मकरो वेलातटे पिङ्गलम् Pt.2.33.
