Mañjeṭṭha (adj.) [cp. *Sk. mañjiṣṭhā Indian madder] light (bright) red, crimson, usually enumd in set of 5 principal colours with nīla, pīta, lohitaka, odāta; e. g. at Vin i.25; S ii.101 (f. mañjeṭṭhā); Vv 221 (Hardy in T. reads mañjaṭṭha, as twice at VvA 111, with vv. ll. ˚jiṭṭha & ˚jeṭṭha, cp. Corrections & Addns on p. 372); Miln 61.