लोहित a. (-लोहिता or लोहिनी f.) [रुह्-इतन् रस्य लः Uṇ.3.95] 1 Red, red-coloured; स्रस्तांसावतिमात्रलोहिततलौ बाहू घटोत्क्षेपणात् Ś.1.29; Ku.3.29; मुहुश्चलत्पल्लवलोहिनीभि- रुच्चैः शिखाभिः शिखिनो$वलीढाः Ki.16.53; शुक्लानि कृष्णान्यथ लोहितानि Bhāg.11.23.44 (लोहित is attributed to राजस). -2 Copper, made of copper. -तः 1 The red colour. -2 The planet Mars. -3 A serpent. -4 A kind of deer. -5 N. of the river Brahmaputra. -6 A kind of rice. -7 A particular disease of the eyelids. -8 A kind of precious stone. -ता N. of one of the seven tongues of fire. -तम् 1 Copper. -2 Blood; अप्सु लोहितं च रेतश्च निधीयते Bṛi. Up.3.2.13; त्वग्भेदकः शतं दण्ड्यो लोहितस्य च दर्शकः Ms.8.284. -3 Saffron. -4 Battle. -5 Red sanders. -6 A kind of sandal; तौ लोहितस्य प्रियदर्शनस्य सदोचितावुत्तम- चन्दनस्य Rām.3.63.8. -7 An imperfect form of a rainbow. -8 A kind of agallochum. -Comp. -अक्षः 1 a red die. -2 a kind of snake. -3 the (Indian) cuckoo. -4 an eipthet of Viṣṇu. (-क्षम्) 1 the armpit, thigh-joint; hip. -अङ्गः 1 the काम्पिल्ल tree. -2 the planet Mars; ब्रह्मराशिं समावृत्य लोहिताङ्गो व्यवस्थितः Mb.6.3.18. -अयस् n. copper. -अर्मन् n. a red swelling in the whites of the eyes. -अशोकः a variety of Aśoka (having red flowers). -अश्वः fire. -आननः an ichneumon. -आर्द्र a. dripping with blood. -ईक्षण a. red-eyed. -उद a. having red or blood-red water. -कल्माष a. red-spotted. -कृष्ण a. dark-red. -क्षयः loss of blood. -ग्रीवः an epithet of Agni. -चन्दनम् saffron. -पित्तिन् subject to hemorrhage. -पुष्पकः the granate tree. -मृत्तिका red chalk. -शतपत्रम् a red lotus-flower. -शवल a. dappled with red. -स्मृतिः N. of a law-book.
लोहितक a. (-तिका f.) Red. -कः 1 A ruby; लयनेषु लोहितकनिर्मिता भुवः Śi.13.52. -2 The planet Mars. -3 A kind of rice. -कम् 1 Bell-metal. -2 Calx of brass.
] a. (C. â; V., C. inî) reddish, red; made of copper or metal (V., rare); m. a kind of gem (not ruby; very rare); planet Mars; n. red substance (V., rare); copper, metal (AV.1); blood (ord. mg.): -m kri, shed blood (V.).
a. reddish, red; m. (?) ruby; -kshaya, m. loss of blood; -tva, n. redness; -darsana, n. (appearance=) flow of blood; -pâmsu, a. having red earth; -pâtra, a. holding a red vessel in the hand; -maya, a. blood-red; -½akshá, a. (î) red-eyed; -½a&ndot;ga, m. (red-bodied), planet Mars.
Often occurring as an adjective meaning ‘red,’ is used as a neuter substantive in the Atharvaveda to denote a metal, presumably ‘ copper.’ As a proper name it is found in Apastamba śrauta Sūtra.
Is the name of a disease mentioned in the Atharvaveda. Bloomfield thinks that ‘flow of blood from the nose’ is meant; Henry renders it and Whitney has ‘anaemia.’
noun (masculine) (pl.) of a class of gods under the 12th Manu (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a kind of precious stone (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a particular disease of the eyelids (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a snake (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a sort of bean or lentil (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a sort of deer (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a species of rice (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Cyprinus Rohita (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Dioscorea Purpurea (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a country (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a lake (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a man (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a river (the Brahmaputra) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a sea (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a serpent-demon (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
red (the colour) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
redness (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
serpent (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the planet Mars (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) a battle (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a kind of Agallochum (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a kind of sandal-wood (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
an imperfect form of rainbow (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
any red substance (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
blood (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
fight (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a lake in the Himālaya
red sanders (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
ruby (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
gairika Frequency rank 4581/72933
adjective made of copper (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
metal (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
red (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
reddish (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a sort of rice (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a Stūpa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the planet Mars (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a mixture of blue and red (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a purple colour (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a Kalpa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Śiva (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a kind of disease (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a kind of onion (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
bleeding of the nose (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a hell (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Rudra and Fire (is identified with Rudra) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Śiva (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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