As a deity name
Name 213 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 204 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
पीना
to drink; to consume, to smoke; to suppress emotion; to drain time or resources
पीता · masculine
Śabdasāgara also records: हलदी · दारु हलदी
Cited formation "पीता" is पीत + -आ: पीत means "yellow", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "पीता" is पीत + -आ: पीत means "yellow", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table
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
a kind of y˚ pigment (= go-rocanā)
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (5)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "pītā" is the nominative of "pītiman" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "pītā" is the feminine form of "pīta" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
M3 · meaning shifts "pītā" is derived from "pī" with the tal suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
1. pī (connected with √ 1. pā to which belong pass. pīyate, pp. pīta, pītvā &c.) cl. 4. Ā. pīyate, to drink, MBh.; Dhātup. xxvi, 32.
2. pī or pi (connected with √ pyai), cl. 1. Ā. payate (cl. 2. Ā. pr.p. piyāna cl. 3. P. Impv. pīpihī; impf. apīpet, apīpayat; Subj. pipyatam, ˚tām; pīpayat Ā. ˚yanta, p. Ā. pāpyāna; pf. P. pīpāya. 2. sg. pīpetha, 3. pl. pipyur; p. Ā. pīpyāna), to swell, overflow, be exuberant, abound, increase, grow; (trans.) to fatten, cause to swell or be exuberant, surfeit, RV.
pītā f. N. of sev. plants (Curcuma Longa and Aromatica, a species of Dalbergia Sissoo, a species of Musa, Aconitum Ferox, Panicuni Italicum = mahā-jyotihmatī), L.
a kind of y˚ pigment (= go-rocanā), L.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
pītā f. N. of sev. plants (Curcuma Longa and Aromatica, a species of Dalbergia Sissoo, a species of Musa, Aconitum Ferox, Panicuni Italicum = mahā-jyotihmatī), L.
a kind of y˚ pigment (= go-rocanā), L.
a mystical N. of the letter ṣ, Up.
pītiman m. a yellow colour, Vām.
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)
1. pī (connected with √ 1. pā to which belong pass. pīyate, pp. pīta, pītvā &c.) cl. 4. Ā. pīyate, to drink, MBh.; Dhātup. xxvi, 32.
2. pī or pi (connected with √ pyai), cl. 1. Ā. payate (cl. 2. Ā. pr.p. piyāna cl. 3. P. Impv. pīpihī; impf. apīpet, apīpayat; Subj. pipyatam, ˚tām; pīpayat Ā. ˚yanta, p. Ā. pāpyāna; pf. P. pīpāya. 2. sg. pīpetha, 3. pl. pipyur; p. Ā. pīpyāna), to swell, overflow, be exuberant, abound, increase, grow; (trans.) to fatten, cause to swell or be exuberant, surfeit, RV.
Alternative readings
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