Rohi, Rohī: 14 definitions

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Rohi means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India, Marathi, Hindi, biology. 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.

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In Buddhism

Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)

See Rohini (5).

Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names
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Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).

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India history and geography

Rohī.—(IA 11), Pañjābī; uplands. Note: rohī is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical Glossary
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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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Biology (plants and animals)

1) Rohi in India is the name of a plant defined with Erythrina suberosa in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Corallodendron suberosum (Roxb.) Kuntze (among others).

2) Rohi is also identified with Rhizophora mucronata It has the synonym Mangium candelarium Rumphius (etc.).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden (1988)
· Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.
· Numer. List (4878)
· Herbarium Amboinense (1743)
· Prodr. Fl. Penins. Ind. Or. (1834)
· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1988)

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Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)
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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

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Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

rōhī (रोही).—f (rōhita S) A fish, Carp, Cyprinus denticulatus. Buch., C. Rohita. Ham. 2 Slatecolored Antelope or Nilgay, Antilope picta. Pall.

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary
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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Rohi (रोहि).—[ruh-in Uṇādi-sūtra 4.13]

1) A kind of deer.

2) A religious man.

3) A tree.

4) A seed.

Derivable forms: rohiḥ (रोहिः).

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Rohi (रोहि).—m.

(-hiḥ) 1. A tree. 2. A seed. 3. A pious or religious man, one observing a vow, &c. 4. A kind of deer. “vanaroha iti bhāṣā .” E. ruh to grow, Unadi aff. in .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Rohi (रोहि).—[masculine] a kind of deer.

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Rohī (रोही).—[feminine] a doe.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Rohi (रोहि):—m. ([probably] [from] a √ruh for 4. rudh, ‘to be red’) a kind of deer, [Rāmāyaṇa]

2) (only [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]) a seed

3) a tree

4) a pious or religious man (= vratin).

5) Rohī (रोही):—[from rohi] f. a doe, [Mahābhārata] ([varia lectio] rauhī)

6) [v.s. ...] Name of a river, [ib.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Rohi (रोहि):—(hiḥ) 2. m. A tree; a seed; a strictly good man.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Rohi (रोहि):—[Uṇādisūtra 4, 118.] m. eine Art Gazelle (vgl. rohī, rohit): mahārohīn [Rāmāyaṇa ed. Bomb. 3, 68, 32.] rohimāṃsa [?33 (Rāmāyaṇa Gorresio 73, 39). Rāmāyaṇa Gorresio 5, 36, 35.] = vratin [UJJVAL.] Same und Baum [Uṇādikoṣa im Śabdakalpadruma]

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Rohī (रोही):—f.

1) = rohit das Weibchen einer Gazelle [Mahābhārata 3, 16172.] rauhī (= hariṇī [Nīlakaṇṭha][) ed. Bomb.]; vgl. rohi . —

2) Nomen proprium eines Flusses [Mahābhārata 6, 338] [?(Viṣṇupurāṇa 184).]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Rohi (रोहि):—m.

1) eine Art Gazelle.

2) *Same.

3) *Baum.

4) * = vratin.

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Rohī (रोही):—f.

1) das Weibchen einer Gazelle. rauhī v.l. —

2) Nomen proprium eines Flusses.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung
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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.

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Hindi dictionary

Rohī (रोही):——a suffix used in the sense of one who climbs/mounts.

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary
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Kannada-English dictionary

Rōhi (ರೋಹಿ):—

1) [noun] a man who is ascending, mounting, riding or sitting on (a horse, elephant, etc.).

2) [noun] the act of increasing in size and develop toward maturity, as a plant or animal does by assimilating food; or in number.

3) [noun] a species of deer.

4) [noun] the tree Butea superba of Papilionaceae family.

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus
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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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Nepali dictionary

Rohī (रोही):—adj. climbing up/down; ascending;

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary
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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

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