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rocana

rocaná mf(I or A)n. bright, shining, radiant, [AV.]; [Br.]; [GṛS.]; [MBh.]; [Hariv.]

giving pleasure or satisfaction, pleasant, charming, lovely, [Bhaṭṭ.]; [BhP.]

sharpening or stimulating the appetite, stomachic, [Suśr.]

rocaná m. N. of various plants (Andersonia Rohitika; Alangium Hexapetalum; the pomegranate tree &c.), [L.]

a partic. yellow pigment (v.l. for rocanā), [MBh.] (C.)

a stomachic, [W.]

N. of a demon presiding over a partic. disease, [Hariv.]

of one of the 5 arrows of the god of love (‘exciter’), [Cat.]

of a son of Viṣṇu by Dakṣiṇā, [BhP.]

of Indra under Manu Svārociṣa, [ib.]

of one of the Viśve Devāḥ, [VP.]

of a mountain, [MārkP.]

rocaná f(A/) and (I). See below

rocaná n. light, brightness, (esp.) the bright sky, firmament, luminous sphere (of which there are said to be three; cf. under rajas), [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.] (in this sense sometimes f(A). )

rocaná n. pl. lights, stars, [AV.]

(ifc.) the causing a desire for, [BhP.]

(ruci-ruce r°) N. of a Sāman, [ĀrṣBr.]