seta

adjective white DN.ii.297 = MN.i.58; Snp.689; AN.iii.241; Vb-a.63 (opp kāḷa); Ja.i.175; Pv-a.157, Pv-a.215. name of a mountain in the Himālayas SN.i.67 = Mil.242; an elephant of King Pasenadi AN.iii.345.

  • -aṅga white bodied Mhvs.10, Mhvs.54.
  • -aṭṭhika lit. (having) white bones, (suffering from) famine [cp. BSk. śvetāsthi Divy.131] Vin.iii.6; Vin.iv.23; SN.iv.323; AN.i.160; AN.iv.279. f. mildew Vin.ii.256; Ja.v.401.
  • -odaka clear (transparent) water Pv.ii.1#20.
  • -kambala white blanket Ja.iv.353
  • -kamma whitewashing Ja.vi.432.
  • -kuṭṭha white leprosy Ja.v.69; Ja.vi.196.
  • -geru Name of a plant Ja.vi.535.
  • -cchatta a white parasol, an emblem of royalty DN.ii.19; AN.i.145; Ja.i.177, Ja.i.267; Pv-a.74; Dhp-a.i.167; Dhp-a.iii.120.
  • -pacchāda with white covering SN.iv.292 = Ud.76 = Dhs-a.397
  • -puppha “white-flowered,” Name of a tree (Vitex trifolia? Ja.v.422 (= piyaka).
  • -vārī (& ˚vārisa); names of plants or trees Ja.vi.535, Ja.vi.536.

Vedic śveta & śvitra; cp. Av. spaēta white; Lith. szaitýti to make light; Ohg. hwīz = E. white