Mañjeṭṭhaka (adjective) [from mañjeṭṭha, after lohita + ka] crimson, bright red, figurative shining Vv 39 1 (cf. definition at Vv-a 177: like the tree Vitex negundo, sindhavāra, or the colour of the Kaṇavīra-bud; same definition at As 317, with Sinduvāra for Sindha°); usually in sequence nīla, pīta, mañjeṭṭhaka, lohitaka, odāta as the 5 fundamental colours: M I 509 (has °eṭṭhika in Text but v.l. °eṭṭhaka); Ja VI 185; Dhs 617. — feminine mañjeṭṭhikā a disease of sugar cane Vin II 256.
(adj, adj, from mañjeṭṭha) crimson red; magenta crimson Construction: mañjeṭṭha + ka