As a Hindi name
रोचना · noun · feminine
रक्त कमल · गोरोचन · श्रेष्ठ स्त्री — Śabdasāgara
रोचना · roćanā · s.f.
A charming or excellent woman — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 604
Cited formation "रोचना" is रोच + -ना: रोच means "एक प्रजापति जो रौज्य मनु के पिता थे", and the suffix -ना forms infinitives. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(19) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "रोचना" is रोचना + -ना: रोचना means "A charming or excellent woman", and the suffix -ना forms infinitives. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(19) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "रोचना" is रोचन + -आ: रोचन means "(f. -ā), & s.m. Enlightening, illuminating, irradiating", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the bright sky or luminous sphere (= rocana, )
Verified derivationMultiple readings (3)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "rocanā" is the feminine form of "rocana" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Dictionary citations
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.
a handsome woman, L.
a red lotus-flower, L.
bamboo manna or Tabāṣīr, L.
rocana mf(ī or ā)n. bright, shining, radiant, AV.; Br.; GṛS.; MBh.; Hariv.
giving pleasure or satisfaction, pleasant, charming, lovely, Bhaṭṭ.; BhP.
Alternative readings
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