As a deity name
Name 364 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
रोहित · adj
लाल रंग का । रक्तवर्ण । लोहित — Śabdasāgara
रोहित · noun · masculine
लाल रंग · रोहु मछली · एक प्रकार का मृग — Śabdasāgara
रोहित · rohita · adj.
Red, of a red colour — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 608
Cited formation "रोहित" is रोहि + -त: रोहि means "वृक्ष । पेड़", and the suffix -त forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(16) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a red or chestnut horse, (applied to the Sun, &c., and therefore in pl. N. of these hymns)
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Dictionary citations
rohita mf(ā or iṇī, q.v.)n. (cf. lohita) red, reddish, RV. &c. &c.
rohita m. a red or chestnut horse, RV.; TS.; Br. (applied to the Sun, AV. xiii, 1 &c., and therefore in pl. N. of these hymns)
a kind of deer, VarBṛS.; Uttarar.; Suśr.
a kind of fish, Cyprinus Rohitaka, Mn.; MBh. &c.
a kind of tree, Andersonia Rohitaka, Suśr.
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