रोहिणी

रोहिणी

See also: रोहण

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit रोहिणी (rohiṇī).

Proper noun

रोहिणी • (rohiṇī) f

1. (Hinduism) Rohini
2. (astronomy) Aldebaran (a star)
3. A female given name, equivalent to English Rohini

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Sanskrit

Noun

रोहिणी • (rohiṇī) f

1. a red cow or [later] any cow (represented as a daughter of सुरभि and mother of cattle, esp. of कामधेनु, ‘cow of plenty’ ; in the वेद, रोहिणी may perhaps also mean ‘a red mare’) RV. &c.
2. (astronomy) N. of the ninth नक्षत्र or lunar asterism and of the lunar day belonging to it (in this sense it may optionally have the accent on the last syllable ; it is personified as a daughter of दक्ष, and as the favourite wife of the Moon, called ‘the Red one’ from the colour of the star Aldebaran or principal star in the constellation which contains 5 stars, prob. α, β, γ, δ, ε, Tauri, and is figured by a wheeled vehicle or sometimes by a temple or fish ; it is exceptionally pl., and in TS. and TBr. there are 2 नक्षत्रs of this name ; it may also be used as an adj. and mean ‘born under the नक्षत्र रोहिणी’ Pāṇ. 4-3, 34 Vārtt. 1)
3. lightning L.
4. a young girl (in whom menstruation has just commenced ; others ‘a girl nine years of age’) Gṛihyās. Pañcat.
5. N. of various plants Suṡr. Bhpr. (= Helleborus niger; Acacia arabica; Gmelina arborea &c. L.)
6. inflammation of the throat (of various kinds) Suṡr.

Proper noun

रोहिणी • (rohiṇī) f

1. N. of two wives of वसुदेव and the mother of बलराम MBh. Pur.
2. N. of a wife of कृष्ण Hariv.
3. N. of the wife of महादेव Pur.
4. N. of a daughter of हिरण्यकशिपु MBh.
5. N. of one of the 16 विद्यादेवीs L.
6. N. of a river VP.

Descendants

• Telugu: రోహిణి (rōhiṇi)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “रोहिणी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0890/2.