रोहिणी
See also: रोहण
Hindi
Sanskrit
Noun
रोहिणी • (rohiṇī) f
- 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.
- (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)
- lightning L.
- a young girl (in whom menstruation has just commenced ; others ‘a girl nine years of age’) Gṛihyās. Pañcat.
- N. of various plants Suṡr. Bhpr. (= Helleborus niger; Acacia arabica; Gmelina arborea &c. L.)
- inflammation of the throat (of various kinds) Suṡr.
Proper noun
रोहिणी • (rohiṇī) f
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.
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