pItaka · adjective · pītaka 1.1
pītaka , ( 1 ) adj. and subst. , ifc. one that has drunk , in viṣa-pītaka (= Skt. °pīta), one that has drunk poison (specifying -ka ?): Mmk 462.26 ; subst. (= Skt. pīta), drink : Av i.179.6 f. ; ( 2 ) n. of two nāga kings (? from the other Skt. pīta, yellow ): Māy 247.14 dvau Pītakau nāgarājānau.
yellow; golden color. (masculine) yellow color
Pītaka (adjective) [from pīta] yellow Vin IV 159; Thig 260; Ja II 274; Pv III 1 3 (= suvaṇṇavaṇṇa Pv-a 170); Dhs 617 (nīla p. lohitaka odāta kāḷaka mañjeṭṭhaka); Thig-a 211. — pītakā (feminine) saffron, turmeric M I 36.
(adj, adj, from pīta) yellow yellow, golden colour Construction: pīta + ka
(masc, masc, from pīta) yellow colour yellow colour Construction: pīta + ka
(adj, adj, in comps, from pīta) drinking; sipping Construction: √pā > pī + ta + ka pīta + ka