Etymology

Pingala

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Today it means: One of the channels through which, in traditional Indian medicine, the energies or prana of the physical body, are said to flow. Full definition →

Sanskrit पिङ्गल
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  1. Sanskrit · borrowed fromपिङ्गल“reddish-brown, tawny, yellow, gold-coloured”
  2. English todayPingala

Borrowed from Sanskrit पिङ्गल (piṅgala, “reddish-brown, tawny, yellow, gold-coloured”).

Words from the same roots

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Pingali

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