As a Hindi name
पीना
to drink; to consume, to smoke; to suppress emotion; to drain time or resources
Śabdasāgara also records: सूर्य · अग्नि
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
‘who drinks or dries up’, the sun or fire, Sch.
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Dictionary citations
pītu m. ‘who drinks or dries up’, the sun or fire, Uṇ. i, 71, Sch.
the chief elephant of a herd, L. =
pītu See p. 629, col. 3.
pītu m. (-tuḥ) 1 The sun. 2 Fire. 3 The chief elephant of a herd. E. pā to drink, (or dry up water,) and vun Uṇādi aff.
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