Rocamāna

Rocamāna was a warrior who fought on the side of the Pāṇḍavas. Bhīshma names him among the Pāṇḍava rathas (chariot-warriors) in his count of the rathas and atirathas before the war at Kurukshetra.

The name Rocamāna can be understood as “he who shines” or “the radiant one.”

In Bhīshma’s count of warriors

Bhīshma’s Rathātiratha-Saṃkhyāna lists the warriors by rank. Rocamāna is among the allied warriors who gathered under the Pāṇḍava banner at Kurukshetra. Bhīshma rates him as a full ratha, a warrior who fights from a chariot.

Sources

• Mahābhārata, Udyoga Parva, Rathātiratha-Saṃkhyāna Parva, Chapters 165–172