píṅgā f. a bow-string, [RV. viii, 58, 9] ([Sāy.]; cf. piṅgala-jya)
a kind of yellow pigment (cf. go-rocanā)
the stalk of Ferula Asa Foetida, [L.]
turmeric, Indian saffron, [L.]
bamboo manna, [W.]
N. of a woman, [MBh.]
of Durgā, [W.]
a tubular vessel of the human body which according to the Yoga system is the channel of respiration and circulation for one side, [ib.]