adjective
crimson
Mañjeṭṭha (adjective) [cf. Sanskrit mañjiṣṭhā Indian madder] light (bright) red, crimson, usually enumerated in set of 5 principal colours with nīla, pīta, lohitaka, odāta; e.g. at Vin I 25; S II 101 (feminine mañjeṭṭhā); Vv 22 1 (Hardy in Vv reads mañjaṭṭha, as twice at Vv-a 111, with vv.ll. °jiṭṭha and °jeṭṭha, cf. Corrections and Additions on page 372); Miln 61.