As a deity name
Name 813 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 851 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
As a Hindi name
रोहिणी · noun · feminine
गाय · तड़ित् । बिजली · कटुंभरा । कटुका । तिक्ता । कुष्टकी — Śabdasāgara
रोहिणी · rohiṇi · s.f.
A red cow; a cow — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 608
रोहिणी · feminine
cow; lightning, thunder
Cited formation "रोहिणी" is रोहिण + -ई: रोहिण means "The Indian fig-tree (syn. baṛ) a kind of fragrant grass", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "रोहिणी" is रोहिण + -ई: रोहिण means "The Indian fig-tree (syn. baṛ) a kind of fragrant grass", and the suffix -ई forms 'belonging to', 'having', 'coming from' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi रोहिणी — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit रोहिणी (rohiṇī).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
rohiṇī (iṇī), f., see s.v.
rohiṇī f. See below.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a red cow or [later] any cow (represented as a daughter of Surabhi and mother of cattle, esp. of Kāma-dhenu, ‘cow of plenty’; in the Veda, Rohiṇī may perhaps also mean ‘a red mare’…
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "rohiṇī" is the nominative dual of "rohiṇi" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "rohiṇī" is the vocative dual of "rohi" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "rohiṇī" is the feminine form of "rohin" — the same word with the feminine ending (vocative dual).
Related forms
Dictionary citations
rohiṇī (iṇī), f., see s.v.
rohiṇī f. See below.
rohiṇī f. (f. of rohita, ‘red’, below; also f. of rohin above) a red cow or [later] any cow (represented as a daughter of Surabhi and mother of cattle, esp. of Kāma-dhenu, ‘cow of plenty’; in the Veda, Rohiṇī may perhaps also mean ‘a red mare’), RV. &c. &c.
N. of the ninth Nakṣatra 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 Dakṣa, 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. & TBr. there are 2 Nakṣatras of this name; it may also be used as an adj. and mean ‘born under the Nakṣatra Rohiṇī’, Pāṇ. iv, 3, 34, Vārtt. 1)
lightning, L.
rohiṇi f. (mc. and ibc.) = rohiṇī.
rohi m. (prob. fr. a √ ruh for 4. rudh, ‘to be red’) a kind of deer, R.
(only L.) a seed
rohin mf(iṇī)n. rising, Nir.
(ifc.) mounting, ascending towards, Śiś.
Alternative readings
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