…Vedic palita; Gr. πελιτνός, πελιός black-grey; Lith. pilkas grey; Ags. fealu = Ohg. falo E. fallow, Ger. fahl;…

…dishevelled hair) AN.i.138 (palita-kesa with grey hair; also at Ja.i.59) Snp.456 (nivutta˚), Snp.608; Thag.169; Ja.i.59, Ja.i.138; Ja.iii.393;…

…of old age in phrase kh˚ palitakesa, etc “with broken teeth and grey hair” AN.i.138 and ≈ Ja.i.59, Ja.i.79 (id.). *…

to watch, guard (carefully) Pv-a.130 (= rakkhati)
pp paripālita (q.v.)
pass -pāliyati Ne.105 (= rakkhitaṃ).

pari + pāleti

guarded Vism.74.

pp. of paripāleti

…Ved. pāṇḍu, palita, pāṭala (pale-red); Gr. πελιτνός, πελλός, πόλιος (grey); Lat. palleo (to be pale),…

…spelling for palita

Phalita²

broken, only in phrase hadayaṃ phalitaṃ his heart broke…

1. to protect, guard, watch, keep Snp.585; Ja.i.55; Ja.iv.127; Ja.vi.589; Mil.4 (paṭhavī lokaṃ pāleti, perhaps in meaning “keeps holds, encircles,” similar to meaning 2); Sdhp.33.
2. (lit. perhaps “to …

greyness of hair MN.i.49; SN.ii.2, SN.ii.42; AN.iii.196; Dhs.644, Dhs.736, Dhs.869; Vb-a.98.

fr. palita

adjective pale red, pink Ja.iv.114.

cp. Class. Sk. pāṭala, to same root as palita & pāṇḍu: see Walde, Lat. Wtb. under palleo & cp paṇḍu

…wrinkles MN.i.88 (acc. palitakesiṃ vilūnaṃ khalita-siraṃ valinaṃ) = iii.180 (palitakesaṃ vilūnaṃ khalitaṃ-siraṃ valīnaṃ…

…(acc. khaṇḍadantaṃ palita-kesaṃ vilūnaṃ khalitaṃ siro-valitaṃ tilak’āhata-gattaṃ: cp. valin with…