lohita

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit लोहित (lóhita), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hráwdʰitas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (red).

Adjective

lohita

  1. red

Declension

Noun

lohita n

  1. blood
    • c. 50 BC, Petavatthu; republished in Prof. Minayeff, Petavatthu, London: Pali Text Society, 1888, page 6:
      7. Tassā dvemāsiko gabbho lohitañ ñeva pagghari
      tad'assā mātā kupitā mayhaṃ ñātī samānayi.
      7. When her unborn child was two months old, just blood flowed forth. Then her angry mother brought her kin to me.

Declension

Further reading

  • Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “lohita”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead
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