वीटा

{ vīṭā }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

< span class="kMeaningPrefix">VĪṬĀ   < span class="kMeaningText">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

< span class="kMeaningPrefix">  स्त्री. < span class="kMeaningText"> विटी ( खेळांतील दांडू बरोबरची ). वीटाहस्तीं ओपिली - मुआदि ३० . १११ ; - मोआदि २४ . ९ .
< span class="kMeaningPrefix">  पु. < span class="kMeaningText"> एक प्रकारचा भाला . इटा पहा . नवुसे रंगीत भाले । वीटेपटेवाले । - होला १६६ .

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

< span class="kMeaningPrefix">वीटा [vīṭā]   < span class="kMeaningText">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.
< span class="kMeaningPrefix">   < span class="kMeaningText">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

< span class="kMeaningPrefix">वीटा  f. < span class="kMeaningText"> ( - टा) A small piece of wood struck with a stick in kind of game played by boys.