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पिंगल (piMgala)

 
Apte 1890
English
पिंगल a. [पिंग-सिध्मा° लच्, पिंगं लाति, ला-क वा Tv.] Reddish-brown, yellowish, brown, tawny
R. 12. 71
Ms. 3. 8.
लः 1 The tawny colour.
2 Fire.
3 A monkey.
4 An ichneumon.
5 A small owl.
6 A kind of snake.
7 N. of an attendant on the sun.
8 N. of one of Kubera's treasures.
9 N. of a reputed sage, the father of Sanskrit prosody, his work being known as पिगलच्छंदःशास्त्र
छंदोज्ञानानंधिं जघान मकरो वेलातटे पिंगलं Pt. 2. 33.
लं 1 Brass.
2 Yellow orpiment.
ला 1 A kind of owl.
2 The Śiśu tree (शिंशपा).
3 A kind of metal.
4 A particular vessel of the body.
5 The female elephant of the south
6 N. of a courtezan who became remarkable for her piety and virtuous life
(the Bhāgavata mentions how she and Ajamīḍha were delivered from the trammels of the world).
Comp.
अक्षः an epithet of Śiva.
लौहं brass.
L R Vaidya
English
piMgala {% (I) a. (f. ला) %} Reddish-brown, tawny, R.xii.71.
piMgala {% (II) m. %} 1. The tawny colour
2. fire
3. a monkey
4. a kind of snake
5. a small owl
6. an ichneumon
7. an attendant on the sun
8. name of a sage who is supposed to be the father of Sanskṛit prosody, छंदोज्ञाननिधिं जघान मकरो वेलातटे पिंगलम् Panch.ii.
piMgala {% (III) n. %} 1. Brass
2. yellow orpiment.
पुराणम्
English
पिंगल १ / PIṄGALA I. A deva who is an attendant of the Sungod. sūrya (Sun-god) rides in a one-wheeled chariot drawn by seven horses and he bears in his hands two lotuses. On his right side stands the attendant daṇḍī with an ink-pot and a writing stick and on his left side stands the attendant piṅgala with a stick. Both these are demi god attendants of sūrya. (Chapter 51, agni purāṇa).
पिंगल २ / PIṄGALA II. A prominent serpent born to the sage kaśyapa of his wife kadrū. (Śloka 9, Chapter 35, Ādi Parva).
पिंगल ३ / PIṄGALA III. A sage. He was a Yajvā (priest) in the sarpasatra of janamejaya. (Śloka 6, Chapter 53, Ādi Parva).
पिंगल ४ / PIṄGALA IV. A King of the Yakṣas. He is a friend of śiva. He acts as body-guard to śiva who spends his time in cremation grounds. This yakṣa gives happiness to all in the world. (Śloka 51, Chapter 23, Vana Parva).
पिंगल ५ / PIṄGALA V. A lion, who is a character in the book pañcatantra. (See under pañcatantra).
पिंगल ६ / PIṄGALA VI. A brahmin of very bad manners. This brahmin was killed by his own wife who was a prostitute. In their next birth piṅgala became a vulture and the prostitute, a parrot. Both had memories of their previous birth and the vulture (piṅgala) with vengeance killed the parrot. After that piṅgala was eaten one day by a tiger A brahmin residing on the shores of gaṅgā read to their souls the fifth chapter of gītā and they got salvation and entered Pitṛloka (world of the Manes). (Chapter 40, sṛṣṭi Khaṇḍa, padma purāṇa).
पिंगल ७ / PIṄGALA VII. A rākṣasa (demon). Once when this demon was going through a forest he met a forester. The latter got afraid and climbed up a śamī tree. Then a branch broke and it fell on the head of Gaṇeśa sitting beneath that tree. It was an act of worship and because of that both the forester and the demon were elevated. (Gaṇeśa purāṇa).