रोहिणी

Borrowed from Sanskrit रोहिणी (rohiṇī).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɾoː.ɦɪ.ɳiː/

रोहिणी • (rohiṇī) f

1. (Hinduism, Buddhism) Name of various figures
   1. Rohini, a wife of Chandra
   2. Rohini, a wife of Krishna
   3. Rohini, a wife of Vasudeva, and the mother of Balarama and Subhadra
   4. Rohini, a disciple of Buddha
2. (astronomy) Aldebaran (a star)
3. a female given name, Rohini, from Sanskrit

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• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɾɐ́w.ɦi.ɳiː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɾoː.ɦi.ɳiː/

रोहिणी • (róhiṇī)

1. feminine of रोहित (róhita, “red”)

रोहिणी • (róhiṇī) stem, f

1. a red cow or (later) any cow
2. lightning (L.)
3. a young girl (in whom menstruation has just commenced ; others ‘a girl nine years of age’) (Gṛihyās.) (Pañcat.)
4. name of various plants (Suṡr.) (Bhpr.) (= Helleborus niger; Acacia arabica; Gmelina arborea &c. L.)
5. inflammation of the throat (of various kinds) (Suṡr.)

रोहिणी • (róhiṇī) stem, f

1. (Vedic astrology) Rohini, (a nakshatra or lunar mansion, i.e. a sector of the sky along the ecliptic, the star Aldebaran)
2. (Hinduism, Buddhism) Name of various figures
   1. Rohini, a wife of Chandra
   2. Rohini, a wife of Krishna
   3. Rohini, a wife of Vasudeva, and the mother of Balarama and Subhadra
   4. Rohini, a disciple of Buddha
3. an epithet of Parvati (Pur.)
4. name of a daughter of हिरण्यकशिपु (hiraṇyakaśipu) (MBh.)
5. name of one of the 16 विद्यादेवीs (L.)
6. name of a river (VP.)

• → Hindi: रोहिणी (rohiṇī) (learned)
• → Punjabi: ਰੋਹੀਣੀ (rohīṇī) (learned)
• → Tamil: ரோகிணி (rōkiṇi) (learned)
• → Telugu: రోహిణి (rōhiṇi) (learned)

• Monier Williams (1899) “रोहिणी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 890, column 2.