रोचन mfn. (
-नः-ना or
-नी-नं)
1. Splendid, beautiful.
2. Irradiating, illumining, beautifying.
3. Gratifying, pleasing.
4. Whetting, sharpening, (the appetite.)
m. (
-नः)
1. A species of the silk-cotton tree.
2. The onion.
3. A tree, (Andersonia Rohitaka.)
4. The Cassia fistula.
5. The pomegranate.
6. The citron.
7. A stomachic, a carminative.
f. (
-नी)
1. A yellow pigment, commonly Gorochanā and supposed to be the concrete bile of the cow; or according to some authorities, to be found in the head of the animal, used as a medicine, a dye and perfume.
2. The manna of bamboos.
3. An excellent woman.
4. A red lotus.
f. (
-ना-नी)
1. A plant, commonly Guṇdārochanī, a sort of Crimum.
f. (
-नी)
1. A variety of Teorī, (Convolvulus turpethum.)
2. Red arsenic.
fn. (
-ना-नं) The bright sky, the firmament.
E. रुच् to shine,
ल्युट् or
युच् aff.