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Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.

Results for रोहिणी

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

रोहिणीrohiṇī1 A red cow.
1. 1 A red cow.
2. A cow in general; वर्धिष्णु- धाराध्वनि रोहिणीः पयः Śi.12.4.
3. Name of the fourth lunar mansion (containing five stars) figured by a cart; she was one of the several daughters of Dakṣa and is regarded as the most favourite consort of the moon; उपरागान्ते शशिनः समुपगता रोहिणी योगम् Ś.7.22.
4. Name of a wife of Vasudeva and mother of Balarāma
5. A young girl in whom menstruation has just commenced; नववर्षा च रोहिणी.
6. Lightning.
7. Inflammation of the throat.
8. A kind of steel.
9. A particular श्रुति or मूर्च्छना (in music).
Derived forms and compounds
- -अष्टमी the eighth day in the month of Bhādrapada (when the moon is in conjunction with Rohiṇī).
- -तनयः Balarāma.
- -पतिः, -प्रियः, -वल्लभः the moon.
- -योगः
  
  the conjunction of the moon with the Nakṣatra रोहिणी. रमणः a bull.
  
  the moon.
- -शकटः the constellation Rohiṇī figured by a cart; रोहिणीशकटमर्कनन्दनश्चेद्भिनत्ति रुधिरोऽथवा शशी Pt.1.23 (Equivalent to Bṛi. S.47.14).
- -सितः, -भवः Mercury.
Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

रोहिणीrohiṇīf. see s.v.
1. feminine see sub voce, the word in the Sanskrit order
2. feminine see below.
3. feminine (feminine of रोहित, "red", below; also feminine of रोहिन् a reference to some preceeding word (not necessarily in the same page)) a red cow or [later] any cow (represented as a daughter of Surabhi सुरभि and mother of cattle, especially of Ka1ma-dhenu काम-धेनु, "cow of plenty"; in the Veda वेद, Rohin2i1 रोहिणी may perhaps also mean "a red mare") fg-veda etc.
4. feminine Name of the ninth Nakshatra नक्षत्र 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 Daksha दक्ष, 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, probably α, β, γ, δ, ε, Tauri, and is figured by a wheeled vehicle or sometimes by a temple or fish; it is exceptionally plural, and in TS. and TBr. there are 2 Nakshatras नक्षत्र s of this name; it may also be used as an adjective and mean "born under the Nakshatra नक्षत्र Rohin2i1 रोहिणी" Pa1n2. 4-3, 34 vArttika 1)
5. feminine lightning Lexicographers
6. feminine a young girl (in whom menstruation has just commenced; according to others "a girl nine years of age") Gr2ihya1s. Pan5cat.
7. feminine Name of various plants Sus3r. Bhpr. (Equivalent to Helleborus Niger; Acacia Arabica; Gmelina Arborea etc. Lexicographers)
8. feminine inflammation of the throat (of various kinds) Sus3r.
9. feminine (in music) a particular S3ruti श्रुति Sam2gi1t.
10. feminine a particular Mu1rchana1 मूर्छना ibidem
11. feminine a kind of steel Lexicographers
12. feminine Name of two wives of Vasudeva वसुदेव and the mother of Bala-ra1ma बल-राम MBh. Pur.
13. feminine of a wife of Kr2ishn2a कृष्ण Hariv.
14. feminine of the wife of Maha1-deva महा-देव Pur.
15. feminine of a daughter of Hiran2ya-kas3ipu हिरण्य-कशिपु MBh.
16. feminine of one of the 16 Vidya1-devi1 विद्या-देवी s Lexicographers
17. feminine of a river VP.
Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary

रोहिणीrohiṇī[rohin-î] a. f. of roh-in, and róhita; f. (róh-) red cow; (róh- or -inî) N. of a lunar mansion (consisting of…

[rohin-î] adjective feminine; also equal for of roh-in, and róhita; feminine; also equal for (róh-) red cow; (róh- or -inî) noun of a lunar mansion (consisting of five stars and variously regarded as resembling a cart, a temple, or a fish; personified as a daughter of Daksha and favourite wife of the moon); lunar day connected with Rohinî; young girl in whom menstruation has just commenced; cow (Classical (post-Vedic) Sanskrit); noun of the wife of Vasudeva and mother of Balarâma: -kânta, masculine moon; -tanaya, masculine metronymic of Balarâma; -taru, masculine a certain tree; -pati, -priya, masculine moon; -yoga, masculine conjunction of the moon with the asterism Rohinî; -ramana, masculine moon; - ͜ îsa, masculine the same; -sakata, masculine cart of Rohinî (the asterism).

Source: Macdonell

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