रोहित

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Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hráwdʰitas (“red”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (“red”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬭𐬀𐬊𐬌𐬜𐬌𐬙𐬀 (raoiδita), English red. Also related to लोहित (lóhita), लोह (lohá) and रुधिर (rudhira, “red”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

रोहित • (róhita) stem

  1. red, dark red, ruddy
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 5.36.6:
      यो रोहि॑तौ वा॒जिनौ॑ वा॒जिनी॑वान्त्रि॒भिः श॒तैः सच॑माना॒वदि॑ष्ट ।
      यूने॒ सम॑स्मै क्षि॒तयो॑ नमन्तां श्रु॒तर॑थाय मरुतो दुवो॒या ॥
      yó róhitau vājínau vājínīvāntribhíḥ śataíḥ sácamānāvádiṣṭa.
      yū́ne sámasmai kṣitáyo namantāṃ śrutárathāya maruto duvoyā́.
      Maruts, let all the people in obeisance bow down before this youthful Srutaratha,
      Who, rich in steeds, gave me two dark red horses together with three hundred head of cattle.
    • c. 1200 BCE – 800 BCE, Kṛṣṇa-Yajurveda (Taittirīya Saṃhitā) IV.5.2:
      नमो रोहिताय स्थपतये वृक्षाणाम् पतये नमः
      namo rohitāya sthapataye vṛkṣāṇām pataye namaḥ
      Homage to the ruddy one , the ruler, to the lord of woods homage!

Noun

रोहित • (róhita) stem, m

  1. red or a chestnut coloured horse
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 2.10.2:
      श्रू॒या अ॒ग्निश्चि॒त्रभा॑नु॒र्हवं॑ मे॒ विश्वा॑भिर्गी॒र्भिर॒मृतो॒ विचे॑ताः ।
      श्या॒वा रथं॑ वहतो॒ रोहि॑ता वो॒तारु॒षाह॑ चक्रे॒ विभृ॑त्रः ॥
      śrūyā́ agníścitrábhānurhávaṃ me víśvābhirgīrbhíramṛ́to vícetāḥ.
      śyāvā́ ráthaṃ vahato róhitā votā́ruṣā́ha cakre víbhṛtraḥ.
      May Agni the resplendent hear my calling through all my songs, Immortal, keen of insight.
      Dark steeds or ruddy steeds draw his chariot; carried about in different directions, he makes them red of colour.
  2. a kind of deer
  3. rohu fish, Labeo rohita
    • c. 200 BCE – 200 CE, Manusmṛti 5.16:
      पाठीनरोहिताव् आद्यौ नियुक्तौ हव्यकव्ययोः ।
      राजीवान्सिंहतुण्डाश्च सशल्काश्चैव सर्वशः ॥
      pāṭhīnarohitāv ādyau niyuktau havyakavyayoḥ.
      rājīvānsiṃhatuṇḍāśca saśalkāścaiva sarvaśaḥ.
      But the Pathina fish and the Rohita fish may be eaten, if used for offerings to the gods or to the deceased ancestors; (one may eat) likewise Ragivas, Simhatundas, and Sasalkas on all (occasions).
  4. a tree, Andersonia rohitaka
  5. a male given name

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of रोहित (róhita)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative रोहितः
róhitaḥ 		रोहितौ / रोहिता¹
róhitau / róhitā¹ 		रोहिताः / रोहितासः¹
róhitāḥ / róhitāsaḥ¹
Vocative रोहित
róhita 		रोहितौ / रोहिता¹
róhitau / róhitā¹ 		रोहिताः / रोहितासः¹
róhitāḥ / róhitāsaḥ¹
Accusative रोहितम्
róhitam 		रोहितौ / रोहिता¹
róhitau / róhitā¹ 		रोहितान्
róhitān
Instrumental रोहितेन
róhitena 		रोहिताभ्याम्
róhitābhyām 		रोहितैः / रोहितेभिः¹
róhitaiḥ / róhitebhiḥ¹
Dative रोहिताय
róhitāya 		रोहिताभ्याम्
róhitābhyām 		रोहितेभ्यः
róhitebhyaḥ
Ablative रोहितात्
róhitāt 		रोहिताभ्याम्
róhitābhyām 		रोहितेभ्यः
róhitebhyaḥ
Genitive रोहितस्य
róhitasya 		रोहितयोः
róhitayoḥ 		रोहितानाम्
róhitānām
Locative रोहिते
róhite 		रोहितयोः
róhitayoḥ 		रोहितेषु
róhiteṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

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See also

Colors in Sanskrit · रङ्ग (raṅga) (layout · text)
     श्वेत (śveta), शुक्ल (śukla), शुभ्र (śubhra), धवल (dhavala)      धूमल (dhūmala), धूसर (dhūsara)      कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa), काल (kāla), श्याम (śyāma), श्याव (śyāva)
             रक्त (rakta), रुधिर (rudhira), रोहित (rohita), लोहित (lohita)              नारङ्ग (nāraṅga); कद्रु (kadru), बभ्रु (babhru)              पीत (pīta); पाण्डु (pāṇḍu)
                          हरित (harita), पलाश (palāśa)             
                                       नील (nīla)
                          शोण (śoṇa), नीललोहित (nīlalohita)              पाटल (pāṭala)

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