वीटा

{ vīṭā }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

VĪṬĀ   A ball made of wood. The Kaurava boys played with this ball and by accident the Vīṭā fell in a well. It is mentioned in [Mahābhārata, Ādi Parva, Chapter 130, Stanza 17] , that the teacher Droṇa recovered it from the well by shooting a number of arrows, one upon the tail of another.

महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश

 स्त्री. विटी ( खेळांतील दांडू बरोबरची ). वीटाहस्तीं ओपिली - मुआदि ३० . १११ ; - मोआदि २४ . ९ .
 पु. एक प्रकारचा भाला . इटा पहा . नवुसे रंगीत भाले । वीटेपटेवाले । - होला १६६ .

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

वीटा [vīṭā]   1 A small piece of wood (about a span long struck with a stick or bat in a game played by boys (called in Marāthī विटीदांडूचा खेळ); क्रीडन्तो वीटया तत्र वीराः पर्यचरन्मुदा । पपात कूपे सा वीटा तेषां वै क्रीडतां तदा ॥ [Mb.1.131.] 17.
A kind of metal or stone ball (held in the mouth as a form of penance); इत्येवं ब्रुवतस्तस्य जटी वीटा- मुखः कृशः [Mb.15.26.18.]

Shabda-Sagara

वीटा  f.  ( -टा) A small piece of wood struck with a stick in kind of game played by boys.