Haridala

Haridala · hari-dala, “a yellow likeness for colour”

Grammar: neuter noun.

Meaning: a thing whose colour serves as a likeness.

In the scriptures: in the marks of the body, eyes of the colour of haridala, of gorocana, or red as a guñjā seed, mark rich men and cakravartīs (Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapter 26). Elsewhere the Brahma Parva says that vaiśyas do not have a colour like haridala (Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapter 41).

Sources

• Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapters 26, 41