piNgala · adjective · piṅgala 1
brown
piṅgala , m. ( Skt. Lex. id. , as Jain term; AMg. piṃgalaya), n. of one of the four ‘great treasures’, Mv iii.383.19 , or of the ‘king’ who guards it, Divy 61.3 ; see s.v. elapatra ; doubtless this guardian is the same as the nāga so named Mvy 3315 ; Māy 247.2 ; as n. of a yakṣa Suv 161.13 (?), see Kapila .
brown; tawny
Piṅgala (adjective) [see piṃsati 1 , cf. Vedic piṅgala] 1. reddish yellow, brown, tawny S I 170; Ja VI 199 (= piṅgiya). 2. red-eyed, as sign of ugliness Ja IV 245 (As proper name; combined with nikkhanta-dāṭha); V 42 (tamba-dāṭhika nibbiddha-piṅgala); Pv II 4 1 (= °locana Pv-a 90; + kaḷāra-danta). -kipillaka the red ant Dhp-a III 206; -cakkhutā red-eyedness Pv-a 250; -makkhikā the gadfly Ja III 263 (= ḍaṃsa) Nidd II §268 = Pj II 101 (the same); Pj II 33 (where a distinction is made between kāṇa-makkhikā and piṅgala°), 572 (= ḍaṃsa).
【形】 褐色，黃褐色的。~netta,【形】 有紅眼睛的。~makkhikā,【陰】 牛虻。
(adj, adj) tawny brown; reddish-yellow; sallow brown, tawny
(nt, nt) name of a type of elephant [lit.] tawny brown