Harita
Harita,(adj.) [see hari for etym.] 1.green,pale(-green),yellowish.It is expld by Dhpāla as nīla (e.g.VvA.197; PvA.158),and its connotation is not fixed.-- Vin.I,137; D.I,148; S.I,5; J.I,86,87; II,26,110; Pv.II,1210 (bank of a pond); Vv 457 (°patta,with green leaves,of a lotus); J.II,110 (of wheat); SnA 277 (°haṁsa yellow,i.e.golden swan).-- 2.green,fresh Vin.III,16; A.V,234 (kusa); nt.(collectively) vegetables,greens Vin 266 (here applied to a field of fresh (i.e.green) wheat or cereal in general,as indicated by expln “haritaṁ nāma pubbaṇṇaṁ aparaṇṇaṁ” etc.); cp.haritapaṇṇa vegetables SnA 283.-- 3.haritā (f.) gold Th.1,164=J.II,334 (°maya made of gold; but expld as “harita-maṇi-parikkhata” by C.).-- 4.Two cpds.,rather odd in form,are haritāmātar “son of a green frog” J.II,238 (in verse); and haritupattā (bhūmi) “covered with green” M.I,343; J.I,50,399.(Page 730)