Rohita

Rohita

Rohita is a name used for more than one person, place and thing in the Purāṇas and Itihāsas. Each is listed below with where it is told; choose the one you are looking for.

People

• Rohita, Son of Hariścandra: the son of King Hariścandra of the Ikshvāku line, born by the grace of Varuṇa, who bought Śunaḥśepa as the paśu for his father’s yajña on the Gautamī. Bhavishya Purāṇa, Pratisarga Parva, Khaṇḍa 1, Chapter 1; Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 8; Gautamī Māhātmya, Chapter 34

Places

• Rohita (Varsha of Śālmali Dvīpa): one of the seven varshas of Śālmala-dvīpa and one of its varsha mountains, also called Lohita, named after a son of Vapushmān, the ruler of that dvīpa. Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 20

Things and ideas

• Rohita (Fish): a kind of fish named in the rules of śrāddha, the rite for the pitṛs. Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 220

See also

• Rohitatīrtha: the tīrtha on the southern bank of the Gautamī named after Rohita, son of King Hariścandra.