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rohiṇīरोहिणी(iṇī), f., see s.v.
f. See below.
róhiṇī f. (f. of rohita, ‘red’, below; also f. of rohin above) a red cow or [later] any cow (represented as a daughter of Surabhi and mother of cattle, esp. of Kāma-dhenu, ‘cow of plenty’; in the Veda, Rohiṇī may perhaps also mean ‘a red mare’), [RV.] &c. &c.
N. of the ninth Nakṣatra 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 Dakṣa, 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.] & [TBr.] there are 2 Nakṣatras of this name; it may also be used as an adj. and mean ‘born under the Nakṣatra Rohiṇī’, [Pāṇ. iv, 3, 34], Vārtt. 1)
lightning, [L.]
a young girl (in whom menstruation has just commenced; others ‘a girl nine years of age’), [Gṛhyās.]; [Pañcat.]
N. of various plants, [Suśr.]; [Bhpr.] (= Helleborus Niger; Acacia Arabica; Gmelina Arborea &c., [L.])
inflammation of the throat (of various kinds), [Suśr.]
(in music) a partic. Śruti, [Saṃgīt.]
a partic. Mūrchanā, [ib.]
a kind of steel, [L.]
N. of two wives of Vasudeva and the mother of Bala-rāma, [MBh.]; [Pur.]
of a wife of Kṛṣṇa, [Hariv.]
of the wife of Mahā-deva, [Pur.]
of a daughter of Hiraṇya-kaśipu, [MBh.]
of one of the 16 Vidyā-devīs, [L.]
of a river, [VP.]
rohiṇīśaरोहिणीशrohiṇī°śa (°ṇīśa) m. ‘lord or husband of R°’, the Moon, [Śiś.]
rohiṇītvaरोहिणीत्वrohiṇī—tvá n. the state or condition of the Nakṣatra R°, [ŚBr.]
rohiṇībhavaरोहिणीभवrohiṇī—bhava m. ‘son of R°’, the planet Mercury, [L.]
rohiṇīpatiरोहिणीपतिrohiṇī—pati m. ‘husband of R°’, the Moon, [Vcar.]
rohiṇīsutaरोहिणीसुतrohiṇī—suta m. ‘son of R°’, the planet Mercury, [L.]
rohiṇītaruरोहिणीतरुrohiṇī—taru m. a species of tree, [Kathās.]
rohiṇīyogaरोहिणीयोगrohiṇī—yoga m. the conjunction of the moon with the Nakṣatra R° (more completely candra-r°), [Vikr.]; [VarBṛS.]
rohiṇīṣeṇaरोहिणीषेणrohiṇī—ṣeṇa m. N. of a man g. suṣāmādi (cf. rohiṇi-ṣ°).
rohiṇīśāntiरोहिणीशान्तिrohiṇī—śānti f. N. of wk.
rohiṇīkāntaरोहिणीकान्तrohiṇī—kānta m. ‘lover of Rohiṇī’, the Moon, [Kṛṣṇaj.]
rohiṇīpriyaरोहिणीप्रियrohiṇī—priya m. ‘lover of R°’, the Moon, [L.]
rohiṇītīrthaरोहिणीतीर्थrohiṇī—tīrtha n. N. of a Tīrtha, [Cat.]
rohiṇītapasरोहिणीतपस्rohiṇī—tapas n. N. of wk.
rohiṇīvrataरोहिणीव्रतrohiṇī—vrata n. N. of a partic. religious observance, [Cat.]
rohiṇīśakaṭaरोहिणीशकटrohiṇī—śakaṭa m. n. an asterism (prob. α, β, γ, δ, ε, Tauri), [Pañcat.]; [VarBṛS.]; [Siṃhās.]
rohiṇīramaṇaरोहिणीरमणrohiṇī—ramaṇa m. ‘cow-lover’, a bull, [L.]
‘lover or husband of R°’, the Moon, [Gīt.]; [Hcar.]; [Vāsant.]
rohiṇītanayaरोहिणीतनयrohiṇī—tanaya m. the son of Roh° i.e. Bala-rāma, [RāmatUp.]; [Śiś.]
rohiṇīvallabhaरोहिणीवल्लभrohiṇī—vallabha m. ‘lover of R°’, the Moon, [L.]
rohiṇīcandravrataरोहिणीचन्द्रव्रतrohiṇī—candra-vrata and rohiṇī—can°dra-śayana, n. N. of two religious observances, [Cat.]
rohiṇīcandraśayanaरोहिणीचन्द्रशयनrohiṇī—candra-vrata and rohiṇī—can°dra-śayana, n. N. of two religious observances, [Cat.]
rohiṇīvratodyāpanaरोहिणीव्रतोद्यापनrohiṇī—vra°todyāpana n. N. of wk.