लोहित

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लोहित

  1. Devanagari script form of lohita (red)

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लोहित n

  1. Devanagari script form of lohita (blood)

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Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hráwdʰitas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (red). Cognate with Avestan 𐬭𐬀𐬊𐬌𐬜𐬌𐬙𐬀 (raoiδita), English red. Doublet of रोहित (rohita). Also related to रुधिर (rudhira, red).

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Adjective[edit]

लोहित (lóhita) stem

  1. red, reddish
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.85.28:
      नी॒ल॒लो॒हि॒तं भ॑वति कृ॒त्यास॒क्तिर्व्य॑ज्यते ।
      एध॑न्ते अस्या ज्ञा॒तयः॒ पति॑र्ब॒न्धेषु॑ बध्यते ॥
      nīlalohitáṃ bhavati kṛtyā́saktírvyajyate.
      édhante asyā jñātáyaḥ pátirbandhéṣu badhyate.
      She [the bride] is blue and red in hue; the female imp who clings close is driven away.
      The kinsmen of this bride thrive well and her husband is securely bound by the bond [of marriage].
    • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda 15.1:
      स एकव्रात्योऽभवत्स धनुरादत्त तदेवेन्द्रधनुः ॥ नीलमस्योदरं लोहितं पृष्ठम् ॥
      sa ekavrātyoʼbhavatsa dhanurādatta tadevendradhanuḥ. nīlamasyodaraṃ lohitaṃ pṛṣṭham.
      He became Chief Vrātya. He held a bow, even that Bow of Indra. His belly is dark-blue, his back is red.
  2. made of copper

Noun[edit]

लोहित (lóhita) stemm

  1. blood
    • c. 1200 BCE – 800 BCE, Kṛṣṇa-Yajurveda (Taittirīya Saṃhitā) I.4.36:
      चित्तꣳ संतानेन भवं यक्ना रुद्रं तनिम्ना पशुपतिꣳ स्थूलहृदयेनाग्निꣳ हृदयेन रुद्रं लोहितेन शर्वम् मतस्नाभ्याम् महादेवम् अन्तःपार्श्वेनौषिष्ठहनꣳ शिङ्गीनिकोश्याभ्याम् ॥
      cittaṃ saṃtānena bhavaṃ yaknā rudraṃ tanimnā paśupatiṃ sthūlahṛdayenāgniṃ hṛdayena rudraṃ lohitena śarvam matasnābhyām mahādevam antaḥpārśvenauṣiṣṭhahanaṃ śiṅgīnikośyābhyām.
      [I hail] Citta with the sinew, Bhava with the liver, Rudra with the taniman, Paśupati with the thick heart, Agni with the heart, Rudra with the blood, Śarva with the kidneys, Mahādeva with the intestinal flesh, him that slayest most quickly with the entrails.
  2. any red substance
  3. the planet Mars
  4. a particular disease of the eyelids

Declension[edit]

Masculine a-stem declension of लोहित (lóhita)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative लोहितः
lóhitaḥ
लोहितौ / लोहिता¹
lóhitau / lóhitā¹
लोहिताः / लोहितासः¹
lóhitāḥ / lóhitāsaḥ¹
Vocative लोहित
lóhita
लोहितौ / लोहिता¹
lóhitau / lóhitā¹
लोहिताः / लोहितासः¹
lóhitāḥ / lóhitāsaḥ¹
Accusative लोहितम्
lóhitam
लोहितौ / लोहिता¹
lóhitau / lóhitā¹
लोहितान्
lóhitān
Instrumental लोहितेन
lóhitena
लोहिताभ्याम्
lóhitābhyām
लोहितैः / लोहितेभिः¹
lóhitaiḥ / lóhitebhiḥ¹
Dative लोहिताय
lóhitāya
लोहिताभ्याम्
lóhitābhyām
लोहितेभ्यः
lóhitebhyaḥ
Ablative लोहितात्
lóhitāt
लोहिताभ्याम्
lóhitābhyām
लोहितेभ्यः
lóhitebhyaḥ
Genitive लोहितस्य
lóhitasya
लोहितयोः
lóhitayoḥ
लोहितानाम्
lóhitānām
Locative लोहिते
lóhite
लोहितयोः
lóhitayoḥ
लोहितेषु
lóhiteṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

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