रोहित [ rohita ] [ róhita ] m. f. ( [ ā ] or [ iṇī ] q.v.) n. ( cf. [ lohita ] ) red , reddish Lit. RV.

  [ rohita ] m. a red or chestnut horse Lit. RV. Lit. TS. Lit. Br. ( applied to the Sun Lit. AV. xiii , 1 , and therefore in pl. N. of these hymns)

  a kind of deer Lit. VarBṛS. Lit. Uttarar. Lit. Suśr.

  a kind of fish , Cyprinus Rohitaka Lit. Mn. Lit. MBh.

  a kind of tree , Andersonia Rohitaka Lit. Suśr.

  a sort of ornament made of precious stones Lit. L.

  m. a partic. form of rainbow ( cf. n.) Lit. VarBṛS.

  m. N. of a son of Hari-ścandra Lit. AitBr. Lit. BhP.

  of a Manu Lit. Hariv.

  of a son of Kṛishṇa Lit. ib. (v.l. [ rauhita ] )

  of a son of Vapush-mat (king of Śālmala) Lit. MārkP.

  of a river Lit. Buddh.

  m. pl. N. of a class of Gandharvas Lit. R.

  of a class of gods under the 12th Manu Lit. MārkP.

  n. a kind of metre Lit. AitBr.

  a kind of rainbow appearing in a straight form , Indra's bow unbent and invisible to mortals Lit. VarBṛS. Lit. L. ( cf. [ rohitendra-dhanus ] )

  blood Lit. L.

  saffron Lit. L.

  N. of the Varsha ruled by Rohita (son of Vapush-mat) Lit. VP.