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पिङ्गल

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Script: Devanagari

पिङ्गल     

Puranic Encyclopaedia  | English  English
A brahmin of very bad manners. This brahmin was killed by his own wife who was a prostitute. In their next birth Piṅgala became a vulture and the prostitute, a parrot. Both had memories of their previous birth and the vulture (Piṅgala) with vengeance killed the parrot. After that Piṅgala was eaten one day by a tiger A brahmin residing on the shores of Gaṅgā read to their souls the fifth chapter of Gītā and they got salvation and entered Pitṛloka (world of the Manes). [Chapter 40, Sṛṣṭi Khaṇḍa, Padma Purāṇa] .
PIṄGALA I   A deva who is an attendant of the Sungod. Sūrya (Sun-god) rides in a one-wheeled chariot drawn by seven horses and he bears in his hands two lotuses. On his right side stands the attendant Daṇḍī with an ink-pot and a writing stick and on his left side stands the attendant Piṅgala with a stick. Both these are demi god attendants of Sūrya. [Chapter 51, Agni Purāṇa] .
PIṄGALA II   A prominent serpent born to the sage Kaśyapa of his wife Kadrū. [Śloka 9, Chapter 35, Ādi Parva] .
PIṄGALA III   A sage. He was a Yajvā (priest) in the Sarpasatra of Janamejaya. [Śloka 6, Chapter 53, Ādi Parva] .
PIṄGALA IV   A King of the Yakṣas. He is a friend of Śiva. He acts as body-guard to Śiva who spends his time in cremation grounds. This Yakṣa gives happiness to all in the world. [Śloka 51, Chapter 23, Vana Parva] .
PIṄGALA V   A lion, who is a character in the book Pañcatantra. (See under Pañcatantra).
PIṄGALA VII   A rākṣasa (demon). Once when this demon was going through a forest he met a forester. The latter got afraid and climbed up a Śamī tree. Then a branch broke and it fell on the head of Gaṇeśa sitting beneath that tree. It was an act of worship and because of that both the forester and the demon were elevated. [Gaṇeśa Purāṇa] .

पिङ्गल     

हिन्दी (hindi) WN | Hindi  Hindi
See : पीतल, चातक, छंदशास्त्र, तामड़ा, पिंगल, हरताल

पिङ्गल     

A Sanskrit English Dictionary | Sanskrit  English
पिङ्गल  mfn. mf(आ॑ and )n. (cf.g.गौरा-दि and कडारा-दि), reddish-brown, tawny, yellow, gold-coloured, [AV.] &c. &c.,
(in alg. also as N. of the 10th unknown quantity)
having - eyes, KātyŚr. Sch.
पिङ्गल  m. m. yellow colour, [W.]
fire, [L.]
an ape, [L.]
an ichneumon, [L.]
a small kind of owl, [L.]
a small kind of lizard, [L.]
a species of snake, [Suśr.]
a partic. vegetable poison, [L.]
(with जैनs) N. of a treasure
the 51st (or 25th) year in a 60 years' cycle of Jupiter, [Var.]
N. of शिव or a kindred being, [GṛS.] ; [Gaut.] &c.
of an attendant of शिव, [Kathās.]
of an attendant of the Sun, [L.]
of a रुद्र, [VP.]
of a यक्ष, [MBh.]
of a दानव, [Kathās.]
of a नाग or serpent-demon, [MBh. i, 1554] (the supposed author of the छन्दस् or treatise on metre regarded as one of the वेदाङ्गs, identified by some with पतञ्जलि, author of the महा-भाष्य)
of sev. ancient sages, [MBh.] ; [R.] &c.
पिङ्गल  m. m. pl.N. of a people, [MārkP.]
पिङ्गल  n. n. a partic. metal, [L.]
yellow orpiment, [L.]

पिङ्गल     

पिङ्गल [piṅgala] a.  a. [पिङ्ग-सिध्मा˚ लच्, पिङ्गं लाति, ला-क वा [Tv.] ] Reddish-brown, yellowish, brown, tawny; तोनोत्तीर्य पथा लङ्कां रोधयामास पिङ्गलैः (वानरैः) [R.12.71;] [Ms.3.8;] पिङ्गो दीपशिखाभः स्यात् पिङ्गलः पद्मधूलिवत्.
लः The tawny colour.
Fire.
A monkey.
An ichneumon.
A small owl.
A kind of snake.
 N. N. of an attendant on the sun.
 N. N. of one of Kubera's treasures.
 N. N. of a संवत्सर (the 51st or 25th in the 6 years cycle).
 N. N. of a reputed sage, the father of Sanskrit prosody, his work being known as पिङ्गलच्छन्दःशास्त्रः; छन्दोज्ञाननिधिं जघान मकरो वेलातटे पिङ्गलम् [Pt.2.33.]
लम् Brass.
Yellow orpiment.
ला A kind of owl.
The Śiśu tree (शिंशपा).
A kind of metal.
A particular vessel of the body; [Ch. Up.8.6.1.]
The female elephant of the south.
 N. N. of a courtezan who became remarkable for her piety and virtuous life. (The Bhāgvata mentions how she and Ajāmīla were delivered from the trammels of the world.) -Comp.
-अक्षः   an epithet of Śiva.
-लौहम्   Brass.

पिङ्गल     

Shabda-Sagara | Sanskrit  English
पिङ्गल  mfn.  (-लः-ला-लं) Of tawny colour, brown, yellowish.
 m.  (-लः)
1. Tawny, (the colour,) a dull brown, or yellow.
2. An attendant upon the sun.
3. The sun.
4. A fabulous being in the form of a Nāga or serpent of lower regions, to whom a treatise on prosody is ascribed; he hence considered as a Muni, or inspired and divine personage.
5. A name of ŚIVA.
6. One of KUVERA'S divine treassures.
7. A monkey.
8. Fire.
9. An ichneumon. 10. A sort of poison.
11. A small owl.
12. The 51st year of the Hindu cycle.
 n.  (-लं)
1. Brass.
2. Yellow orpiment.
 f.  (-ला)
1. The female elephant of the south quarter. 2. A pious whore, commemorated in the Bhāgavata.
3. A particular vessel of the body, the right of three canals which run from the os-coccygis; to the head, and which are the chief passages of breath and air, according to the anatomy of the Yoga school of philosophy.
4. An astrological house or period. 5. The Sisu tree, (Dalbergia Sisu.)
6. Heartpea.
7. A kind of owl. 8. A kind of metal.
E. पिजि to colour, Unādi aff. अलच्; or पिङ्गल of a tawny hue, fem. aff. टाप्.
ROOTS:
पिजि अलच्; पिङ्गल टाप्

पिङ्गल     

noun  कश्चन पीतवर्णप्रकारः ।   Ex. तस्य पिङ्गलः वेष्टिः सुन्दरः अस्ति ।
MODIFIES NOUN:
वस्तुः
ONTOLOGY:
संबंधसूचक (Relational)विशेषण (Adjective)
See : पीत

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