# पीताम्बर (pītāmbara)

Canonical page: https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/pitambara

पीताम्बर (pītāmbara) is a Sanskrit word meaning dressed in yellow clothes, an epithet of Vishnu-Krishna, a dancer or actor, a religious mendicant wearing yellow garments, the name of several men and authors, an epithet of Krishna or Vishnu. Its 9 recorded definitions are grouped into 3 contexts, among them Specific Persons, Deities, or Roles, Comprehensive Definitions, Meaning 'Dressed in Yellow' or 'Yellow-Clothed One'.

- **Etymology:** E. पीत yellow, अम्बर vesture, raiment — E. pīta yellow, ambara vesture, raiment
- **SLP1:** `pItAmbara`  **IAST:** pītāmbara  **Devanagari:** पीताम्बर
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C4%ABt%C4%81mbara
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/pitambara/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** पीतांबर (pītāṃbara)

## Meanings by context

### Specific Persons, Deities, or Roles (4 definitions)
- an epithet of Vishnu-Krishna  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > पीता (pītā) म्बर (mbara) m. N. of Viṣṇu-Kṛṣṇa, Gīta-govinda (Title) [ ID=124843 ]
- a dancer or actor  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a dancer or actor, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=124844 ]
- a religious mendicant wearing yellow garments  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a religious mendicant wearing y° garments, Horace H. Wilson, author of first Sanskrit-English dictionary in 1819 (Author) [ ID=124845 ]
- The name of several men and authors  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of sev. men and authors (also with शर्मन् (śarman) and भट्ट (bhaṭṭa) ) [ ID=124846 ]

### Comprehensive Definitions (3 definitions)
- 1. Dressed in yellow clothes. 2. An epithet of Krishna or Vishnu. 3. A dancer or actor. 4. A religious mendicant wearing yellow garments.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > पीत (pīta) ाम्बर (pītāmbara) [Printed book page 538 ] पीत (pīta) ाम्बर (pītāmbara) mfn. ( - रः (-raḥ)- रा - रं (-raḥ-rā-raṃ) ) Dressed in yellow clothes. m. ( - रः (-raḥ) ) KṚṢṆA or VIṢṆU in that form. 2 A dancer or actor. Page539 3 A religious mendicant, wearing yellow garments. E. पीत (pīta) yellow, अम्बर (ambara) vesture, raiment. [ ID=24910 ]
- 1. Krishna. 2. A dancer. 3. Wearing yellow clothes.  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > पीताम्बर (pītāmbara) [Printed book page 482-b ] पीता _ म्बर (pītā_mbara) ( रः ) ((raḥ)) 1. m. Krishna; a dancer. a. Wearing yellow clothes. [ ID=24391 ]
- 1. Dressed in yellow clothes. 2. Krishna or Vishnu. 3. A dancer or actor. 4. A religious mendicant wearing yellow garments.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > पीत (pīta) ाम्बर (pītāmbara) [Printed book page 454-b ] पीत (pīta) ाम्बर (pītāmbara) mfn. ( - रः (-raḥ)- रा - रं (-raḥ-rā-raṃ) ) Dressed in yellow clothes. m. ( - रः (-raḥ) ) 1. KRISHṆA or VISHṆU in that form. 2. A dancer or actor. 3. A religious mendicant, wearing yellow garments. E. पीत (pīta) yellow, अम्वर (amvara) vesture, raiment. [ ID=25043 ]

### Meaning 'Dressed in Yellow' or 'Yellow-Clothed One' (2 definitions)
- dressed in yellow clothes  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 630,1] पीता (pītā) म्बर (mbara) mfn. dressed in y° clothes [ ID=124842 ]
- dressed in yellow garments  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > पीताम्बर (pītāmbara) [Printed book page 317 ] पीताम्बर (pītāmbara) a. & m. = पीतवासस् (pītavāsas). [ ID=19269 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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