Pali edit

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Etymology edit

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

Adjective edit

lohita

  1. red

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Noun edit

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.

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Further reading edit

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