Pingala (adj.) [see piŋsati1, cp. Vedic pingala] 1. reddish- yellow, brown, tawny S i.170; J vi.199 (=pingiya). <-> 2. red -- eyed, as sign of ugliness J iv.245 (as Np.; combd with nikkhanta -- dāṭha); v.42 (tamba -- dāṭhika nibbiddha -- pingala); Pv ii.41 (=˚locana PvA 90; +kaḷāra -- danta).

 -- kipillaka the red ant DhA iii.206. -- cakkhutā redeyedness PvA 250. -- makkhikā the gadfly J iii.263 (=ḍaŋsa) Nd2 268=SnA 101 (id.); SnA 33 (where a distinction is made between kāṇa -- makkhikā and pingala˚), 572 (=ḍaŋsa).