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पिङ्गल mfn. mf(आ॑ and ई)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 r° -b° 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.]
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