Lohiṇi, Lohini, Lohinī: 8 definitions
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Lohiṇi means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index1a) Lohiṇi (लोहिणि).—A wife of Bāna.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 5. 45.
1b) (also lohinjas)—belong to Kauśika gotra.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 66. 71; Vāyu-purāṇa 91. 99.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryLohinī (लोहिनी).—a. ([lohitā] or [lohinī] f.) [रुह्-इतन् रस्य लः (ruh-itan rasya laḥ) Uṇādi-sūtra 3.95]
1) Red, red-coloured; स्रस्तांसावतिमात्रलोहिततलौ बाहू घटोत्क्षेपणात् (srastāṃsāvatimātralohitatalau bāhū ghaṭotkṣepaṇāt) Ś.1.29; Kumārasambhava 3.29; मुहुश्चलत्पल्लवलोहिनीभि- रुच्चैः शिखाभिः शिखिनोऽवलीढाः (muhuścalatpallavalohinībhi- ruccaiḥ śikhābhiḥ śikhino'valīḍhāḥ) Kirātārjunīya 16.53; शुक्लानि कृष्णान्यथ लोहितानि (śuklāni kṛṣṇānyatha lohitāni) Bhāgavata 11.23.44 (lohita is attributed to rājasa).
2) Copper, made of copper.
-taḥ 1 The red colour.
2) The planet Mars.
3) A serpent.
4) A kind of deer.
5) Name of the river Brahmaputra.
6) A kind of rice.
7) A particular disease of the eyelids.
8) A kind of precious stone.
-tā Name of one of the seven tongues of fire.
-tam 1 Copper.
2) Blood; अप्सु लोहितं च रेतश्च निधीयते (apsu lohitaṃ ca retaśca nidhīyate) Bṛ. Up.3.2.13; त्वग्भेदकः शतं दण्ड्यो लोहितस्य च दर्शकः (tvagbhedakaḥ śataṃ daṇḍyo lohitasya ca darśakaḥ) Manusmṛti 8.284.
3) Saffron.
4) Battle.
5) Red sanders.
6) A kind of sandal; तौ लोहितस्य प्रियदर्शनस्य सदोचितावुत्तम- चन्दनस्य (tau lohitasya priyadarśanasya sadocitāvuttama- candanasya) Rām.3.63.8.
7) An imperfect form of a rainbow.
8) A kind of agallochum.
See also (synonyms): lohita.
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Lohinī (लोहिनी).—A woman with a red-coloured skin; मुहुश्चलत्पल्लवलोहिनीभिः (muhuścalatpallavalohinībhiḥ) Kirātārjunīya 16.53.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryLohinī (लोहिनी).—f. (-nī) A woman red with anger, or painted red. E. See lohita, the fem. aff. being ṅīp, and the penultimate consonant changed to na .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryLohinī (लोहिनी).—v. lohita.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Lohinī (लोहिनी):—[from lohita > loha] a f. a woman with a red-coloured skin or red with anger, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) [from loha] b See under 1. lohita, [column]1.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryLohinī (लोहिनी):—(nī) 3. f. A woman red with anger, or painted red.
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusLōhini (ಲೋಹಿನಿ):—
1) [noun] the red colour.
2) [noun] a woman of red complexion.
3) [noun] a woman who has is reddened from anger.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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