Meaning of names : Kunal, Rohit

[Ram.Kan...@drn.zippo.com]

I would appreciate if someone can tell the precise meaning of these
two names:

Kunal
Rohit

Also, are there any references to these names in any of the Hindu
scriptures?

Thanks,
Ram Kandimalla

[lindires]

In soc.culture.indian.telugu Ram.Kan...@drn.zippo.com wrote:

> I would appreciate if someone can tell the precise meaning of these
> two names:

> Kunal
[don't know]

> Rohit
---- (adj) - Red, red-colored
(1) A fox (2) A kind of deer (3) A species of fish

[rohitA or rohiNI - fem.]

{Vaman Apte's Sanskrit-English Dictionary}

> Also, are there any references to these names in any of the Hindu
> scriptures?

> Thanks,
> Ram Kandimalla

Vishnupriya

[Subbarao Varigonda]

Ram.Kan...@drn.zippo.com wrote:
>
> I would appreciate if someone can tell the precise meaning of these
> two names:
>
> Kunal

> Rohit

>
> Also, are there any references to these names in any of the Hindu
> scriptures?
>
> Thanks,
> Ram Kandimalla

Rohit was the son of Satya Hariscandra.
kunal, I don't know!

-subbarao
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[V. Chowdary Jampala]

> >Ram.Kan...@drn.zippo.com wrote:
> >>
> >> I would appreciate if someone can tell the precise meaning of these
> >> two names:
> >>
> >> Kunal
> >> Rohit
> >>
> >> Also, are there any references to these names in any of the Hindu
> >> scriptures?

Rohita (F): 1. Red, 2. Daughter of Brahma
Rohita (M): 1. red, 2. the sun, 3. an ornament made of precious stones,
4. Saffron, 5. son of King harischandra (bhaagvata puraana), 6. a son of
Krishna (bhaagavatra puraana), a songof king Vapusmat of Salmaala
(vishnu puraana), a class of gandharavas, a river, a Manu, anothe name for
surya and agni.

Kunala (M): lotus; the Painted Snipe bird; a son of Emperror Asoka named
after the eyes of a Himalayan bird

Kunalika (F): The Indian Cuckoo

Source: Maneka Gandhi: The Penguin Book of Hindu Names. Penguin Books,
New Delhi, 1993

Regards --- V. Chowdary Jampala

[Ram.Kan...@drn.zippo.com]

In article <336D62...@cems.umn.edu>, Subbarao says...

>
>Ram.Kan...@drn.zippo.com wrote:
>>
>> I would appreciate if someone can tell the precise meaning of these
>> two names:
>>
>> Kunal
>> Rohit
>>
>> Also, are there any references to these names in any of the Hindu
>> scriptures?
>>

>> Thanks,
>> Ram Kandimalla
>
>
>Rohit was the son of Satya Hariscandra.
>kunal, I don't know!
>
>-subbarao

Thank you Subba Rao garu. That is what I have been thinking too.
But someone recently told me that the name of Satya
Harischandra's son is 'Lohithaasudu' not 'Rohithaasudu'.
Can you clarify if these two names are synonyms?

- Ram Kandimalla

[V. Chowdary Jampala]

In article <5kq72p$g...@drn.zippo.com>, Ram.Kan...@drn.zippo.com says...

>Also, thanks for referencing the book. Maneka Gandhi .. is she
>same person as politician Maneka Gandhi?

Yes.

[vpr...@uoft02.utoledo.edu]

> Rohita (F): 1. Red, 2. Daughter of Brahma
> Rohita (M): 1. red, 2. the sun, 3. an ornament made of precious stones,
> 4. Saffron, 5. son of King harischandra (bhaagvata puraana), 6. a son of
> Krishna (bhaagavatra puraana), a songof king Vapusmat of Salmaala
> (vishnu puraana), a class of gandharavas, a river, a Manu, anothe name for
> surya and agni.

*** rest snipped **
With reference to meaning #5 -- I remember that
Harischandra's son's name is Lohitasya; not Rohit. Someone
correct me if I am wrong. And I think that the son of
Buddha was named Rohit.

-- Siva Prasad