Proper noun
One of the channels through which, in traditional Indian medicine, the energies or prana of the physical body, are said to flow..
An attendant of Surya.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgPingala was the brother of Panini. Pāṇini
He dates Pingala before 450 BC. Source: Internet
The Indian scholar and musical theorist Pingala (c. 200 BC), in his Chanda Sutra, used marks indicating long and short syllables to indicate meters in Sanskrit poetry. Source: Internet
"In the Chandah-sutra of Pingala, dating perhaps the third or second century BC, there are five questions concerning the possible meters for any value “n”. Source: Internet