adjective · paṇḍu 1 · paṇḍu 2
pale-yellow; yellowish
Paṇḍu (adjective) [cf. Vedic pāṇḍu, palita, pāṭala (pale-red); Greek πελιτνός, πελλός, πόλιος (grey); Latin palleo (to be pale), pullus (grey); Lithuanian patvas (pale-yellow), pilkas (grey); Old High German falo (pale, yellowish, withered); English pale] pale red or yellow, reddish, light yellow, grey; only at Thig 79 (kisā paṇḍu vivaṇṇā), where paṇḍu represents the usual up-paṇḍ'-uppaṇḍuka-jātā: "thin, pale and colourless" see Thig-a 80). Otherwise only in compounds, e.g. -kambala a light red blanket, orange-coloured cloth S I 64 (= ratta-kambala commentary); A I 181; Snp 689 (= ratta Pj II 487); also a kind of ornamental stone, Sakka's throne (p.-k.-silā) is made of it Ja I 330; II 93; II 53, (°silāsana); V 92 (the same); Pv II 9 60 (°silā = p.-k.-nāmaka sīlāsana Pv-a 138); Vv-a 110 (the same); Pj I 122 (°varāsana); Dhp-a I 17 (°silāsana); -palāsa a withered leaf Vin I 96 = III 47; IV 217; Dhp 233, Vibh-a 244; Pj I 62; on °palāsika (Sv I 270) see JPTS 1893, 37; -mattikā yellow loam, clay soil Pj I. 59; -roga jaundice Vin I 206 (°ābādha) 276 (the same); Ja I 431; II 102; Dhp-a I 25; -rogin suffering from jaundice Ja II 285; III 401; -vīṇā yellow flute (of Pañcasikha): see beluva; -sīha yellow lion, one of the 4 kinds Pj II 125 (cf. Mp III 65 on A II 33); -sutta orange-coloured string D I 76. {364}
(adj, adj) white; off-white; pale; yellow pale-yellow, yellowish
(adj, adj) pale; wan; off colour
(adj, adj) light brown