रोहित a. (-रोहिता or -रोहिणी f.) [रुहेः इतन्, रश्च लो वा Uṇ.3.95] Red, red-coloured; विदर्भसुश्रूपयोधरे रोहति रोहितश्रीः N.7.76. -तः 1 Red colour. -2 A fox. -3 A kind of deer. -4 A red horse. -5 N. of Hariśchandra's son. -6 A kind of fish; पाठीनरोहितावाद्यौ नियुक्तौ हव्यकव्ययोः Ms.5.16. -तम् 1 Blood. -2 Saffron. -3 A straightf rain-bow; विद्युतो$शनिमेघांश्च रोहितेन्द्रधनूंषि च Ms.1.38. -Comp. -अश्वः fire; लोकं विलोलार्चिषि रोहिताश्वे Ki.16.54.
pp. [√ 1. ruh=rudh] red, reddish; m. red or chestnut horse (V.); kind of deer; kind of fish; kind of imperfect rain bow; N. of a son of Hariskandra; n. a metre; kind of imperfect rainbow:-½asva, m. N. of a son of Hariskandra.
noun (neuter) a kind of metre (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a kind of rainbow appearing in a straight form (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
blood (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Indra's bow unbent and invisible to mortals (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of the Varsha ruled by Rohita (son of Vapuṣmat) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
saffron (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) Andersonia Rohitaka (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a kind of deer (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a kind of fish (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a kind of tree (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a particular form of rainbow (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a red or chestnut horse (applied to the sun) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a sort of ornament made of precious stones (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Cyprinus Rohitaka (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a class of Gandharvas (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a class of gods under the 12th Manu (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a Manu (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a river (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a son of Hariścandra (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a son of Kṛṣṇa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a son of Vapuṣmat (king of Śālmala) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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