रोहिणी [ rohiṇī ] [ róhiṇī ] f. (f. of [ rohita ] , " red " , below ; also f. of [ rohin ] above ) a red cow or ( later ) any cow (represented as a daughter of Surabhi and mother of cattle , esp. of Kāma-dhenu , " cow of plenty " ; in the Veda , Rohiṇī may perhaps also mean " a red mare " ) Lit. RV.

  N. of the ninth Nakshatra 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 , 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 , prob. 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , Tauri , and is figured by a wheeled vehicle or sometimes by a temple or fish ; it is exceptionally pl. , and in Lit. TS. and Lit. TBr. there are 2 Nakshatras of this name ; it may also be used as an adj. and mean " born under the Nakshatra Rohiṇī " Lit. Pāṇ. 4-3 , 34 Vārtt. 1)

  lightning Lit. L.

  a young girl (in whom menstruation has just commenced ; others " a girl nine years of age " ) Lit. Gṛihyās. Lit. Pañcat.

  N. of various plants Lit. Suśr. Lit. Bhpr. ( = Helleborus Niger ; Acacia Arabica ; Gmelina Arborea Lit. L.)

  inflammation of the throat (of various kinds) Lit. Suśr.

  (in music) a partic. Śruti Lit. Saṃgīt.

  a partic. Mūrchanā Lit. ib.

  a kind of steel Lit. L.

  N. of two wives of Vasudeva and the mother of Bala-rāma Lit. MBh. Lit. Pur.

  of a wife of Kṛishṇa Lit. Hariv.

  of the wife of Mahā-deva Lit. Pur.

  of a daughter of Hiraṇya-kaśipu Lit. MBh.

  of one of the 16 Vidyā-devīs Lit. L.

  of a river Lit. VP.