Pīta
					
					Pīta,2 (adj.) [Epic Sk.pīta,etym.unclear] yellow,goldencoloured Vin.I,217 (virecana); D.I,76 (nīla p.lohita odāta); III,268 (°kasiṇa); M.I,281 (pīta-nisita,belonging here or under pīta1?),cp.385 (below); A.III,239; IV,263,305,349; V,61; J.VI,185 (nīla p.lohita odāta mañjeṭṭhaka),449 (°alaṅkāra,°vasana °uttara,cp.503); Dhs.203 (°kasiṇa),246,247 (nīla p.lohitaka,odāta); Vism.173 (°kasiṇa).-- pīta is prominent (in the sense of golden) in the description of Vimānas or other heavenly abodes.A typical example is Vv 47 (Pītavimāna V.1 & 2),where everything is characterised as pīta,viz.vattha,dhaja,alaṅkāra,candana,uppala,pāsāda,āsana,bhojana,chatta,ratha,assa,bījanī; the C.expln of pīta at this passage is “suvaṇṇa”; cp.Vv 361 (=parisuddha,hemamaya VvA.166); 784 (=suvaṇṇamaya C.304).  --antara a yellow dress or mantle Vv 36 (=pītavaṇṇā uttarīyā C.166).--aruṇa yellowish red Th.2,479.--âvalepana “golden-daubed” M.I,385.(Page 462)