As a Hindi name
रोचन · adj
अच्छा लगनेवाला । रुचनेवाला । रोचक · दीप्तिमान् । शोभा देनेवाला · प्रिय लगनेवाला — Śabdasāgara
रोचन · noun · masculine
कुट शाल्मलि । काला सेमर · कांपिल्ल । कमीला · श्वेत शिग्रु । सफेद सहिंजन — Śabdasāgara
रोचन · roćan · adj.
(f. -ā), & s.m. Enlightening, illuminating, irradiating; bright, splendid, beautiful; causing or exciting desire, pleasing, agreeable, pleasant, charming, lovely; sharpening or giving an appetite, stomachic, tonic — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 604
Cited formation "रोचन" is रोच + -न: रोच means "एक प्रजापति जो रौज्य मनु के पिता थे", and the suffix -न forms abstract nouns (masc. or fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(18) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "रोचन" is रोचना + -न: रोचना means "A charming or excellent woman", and the suffix -न forms abstract nouns (masc. or fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(18) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
īā bright, shining, radiant
Verified derivationMultiple readings (4)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "rocana" is the vocative of "rocanā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
rocana mf(ī or ā)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.
rocana m. N. of various plants (Andersonia Rohitika; Alangium Hexapetalum; the pomegranate tree &c.), L.
a partic. yellow pigment (v.l. for rocanā), MBh. (C.)
1. rocanā f. the bright sky or luminous sphere (= rocana, m.), AV.; TBr.
a partic. yellow pigment (commonly called go-rocanā), Mn.; Yājñ.; MBh.; Suśr.
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