پلیتا

पलीता palītā, = P پلیتہ palīta, [per met. for patīla, A. fatīla;—S. ूदीƯ, Prāk. पिलƣं], s.m. A thick wick (generally of cloth); a roll of lint (to be put into a wound), a suppository (=battī);—a paper spill with spells and prayers written on it, the smoke of which when lighted is in haled by the sick as a remedy, or which with cotton rolled round it is used as the wick of a lamp to ward off the influence of evil spirits, and to cure one possessed;—the match of a gun;—a candle:—palītā ćāṭ-jānā, v.n. To flash in the pan.