As a deity name
Name 882 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
विरोचन · noun · masculine
चमकना । प्रकाशित होना · दीप्ति- युक्त । प्रकाशमान · सूर्य — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "विरोचन" is वि- + रोचन: रोचन means "(f. -ā), & s.m. Enlightening, illuminating, irradiating", and the prefix वि- forms lacking, away, special, various, opposite. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §3(16) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the sun or the god of the sun (also applied to Viṣṇu)
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (6)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "virocana" is the vocative of "virocanā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
vi-rocana mfn. shining upon, brightening, illuminating, MBh.
vi-rocana m. the sun or the god of the sun (also applied to Viṣṇu), MBh.; Rājat.
the moon, MBh. ix, 2025
fire, L.
a species of Karañja, L.
vi-rocanā (ā), f. N. of one of the Mātṛs attendant on Skanda, MBh.
of the wife of Tvaṣṭṛ (and mother of Viraja), BhP.
Alternative readings
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