As a deity name
Name 588 of the Rama Sahasranāma — Padma Purana / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 760 of the Surya Sahasranāma — Bhavishya Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
As a Hindi name
नीललोहित · adj
नीलापन लिए लाल । बैगनी — Śabdasāgara
नीललोहित · noun · masculine
शिव का एक नाम जिनका कंठ नीला और मस्तक लोहित वर्ण है · एक कल्प का नाम (कौ॰) — Śabdasāgara
नीललोहित · masculine
name of Shiva
नीललोहित
purple
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi नीललोहित — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Learned borrowing from Sanskrit नीललोहित (nīlalohita). By surface analysis, नील (nīl) + लोहित (lohit).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
nīla—lohita mfn. dark-blue and red, purple, dark-red, RV. &c. &c.
nīla—lohita m. N. of Śiva, MBh.; Kāv.; Pur.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a mixture of blue and red, a purple colour
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "nīlalohita" is the vocative of "nīlalohitā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
nīla—lohita mfn. dark-blue and red, purple, dark-red, RV. &c. &c.
nīla—lohita m. N. of Śiva, MBh.; Kāv.; Pur.
N. of a Kalpa (see s.v.), L.
a mixture of blue and red, a purple colour, W.
nīlalohita mfn. (-taḥ-tā-taṃ) Purple, of a purple colour. m. (-taḥ) 1 A name of ŚIVA. 2 A mixture of red and blue, purple. f. (-ttā) A vegetable: see bhūmijambu. E. nīla blue or black, and lohita red.
nīla—lohitā (ā), f. a kind of vegetable, L.
N. of a goddess (the wife of Śiva), BrahmaP.
Alternative readings
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