rohita

róhita mf(A or iRI, q.v.)n. (cf. lohita) red, reddish, [RV.] &c. &c.

róhita m. a red or chestnut horse, [RV.]; [TS.]; [Br.] (applied to the Sun, [AV. xiii, 1] &c., and therefore in pl. N. of these hymns)

a kind of deer, [VarBṛS.]; [Uttarar.]; [Suśr.]

a kind of fish, Cyprinus Rohitaka, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.

a kind of tree, Andersonia Rohitaka, [Suśr.]

a sort of ornament made of precious stones, [L.]

róhita m. a partic. form of rainbow (cf. n.), [VarBṛS.]

róhita m. N. of a son of Hari-ścandra, [AitBr.]; [BhP.]

of a Manu, [Hariv.]

of a son of Kṛṣṇa, [ib.] (v.l. rauhita)

of a son of Vapuṣ-mat (king of Śālmala), [MārkP.]

of a river, [Buddh.]

róhita m. pl. N. of a class of Gandharvas, [R.]

of a class of gods under the 12th Manu, [MārkP.]

róhita n. a kind of metre, [AitBr.]

a kind of rainbow appearing in a straight form, Indra's bow unbent and invisible to mortals, [VarBṛS.]; [L.] (cf. rohitendra-dhanus)

blood, [L.]

saffron, [L.]

N. of the Varṣa ruled by Rohita (son of Vapuṣ-mat), [VP.]