As a Hindi name
पीना
to drink; to consume, to smoke; to suppress emotion; to drain time or resources
Śabdasāgara also records: हरताल · केसर
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
“Hindi verb set पीना (pīnā) पिलाना (pilānā) पिलवाना (pilvānā) Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peh₃-redup. Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *píph₃eti Proto-Indo-Iranian *píbati Sanskrit पिब॑ति (píbati) Prakrit 𑀧𑀺𑀯𑀇 (pivaï) Hindi पीना Inherited from Prakrit 𑀧𑀺𑀯𑀇 …” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
orpiment
Verified derivationMultiple readings (8)Why this matches what you typed
M3 · meaning shifts "pītaka" is derived from "pīta" with the ka/kan suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
1. pīta mfn. (√ 1. pā) drunk, sucked, sipped, quaffed, imbibed, RV. &c. &c.
ifc. having drunk, soaked, steeped, saturated, filled with (also with instr.), Mn.; MBh. (cf. g. āhitāgny-ādi)
pītaka mf(ikā)n. yellow, MBh.; R.; Suśr. (also applied to the 4th unknown quantity, Col.)
pītaka m. y˚ amaranth, L.
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
pītaka mf(ikā)n. yellow, MBh.; R.; Suśr. (also applied to the 4th unknown quantity, Col.)
pītaka m. y˚ amaranth, L.
Odina Pennata, L.
pītaka n. (only L.) orpiment
brass
1. pīta mfn. (√ 1. pā) drunk, sucked, sipped, quaffed, imbibed, RV. &c. &c.
ifc. having drunk, soaked, steeped, saturated, filled with (also with instr.), Mn.; MBh. (cf. g. āhitāgny-ādi)
Alternative readings
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