Pīta2 (adj.) [Epic Sk. pīta, etym. unclear] yellow, golden- coloured 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 (˚alankāra, ˚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, alankāra, 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.