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Rohini may refer to:
- Rohini (nakshatra), a lunar mansion in Indian astronomy corresponding to Aldebaran
- Rohini Devi, a consort of Vasudeva and mother of Balarama and Subhadra in Hindu mythology
- Rohini (Krishna's mother) in Hindu mythology
- Rohini (satellite), a series of Indian space satellites
- Rohini sounding rocket series, Indian rockets developed for meteorological and atmospheric study purposes
- Rohini Sub City, a residential sub city in Northwest Delhi
- Rohini (actress), actor from south Indian films, notably Malayalam and Tamil films during the 1980s and 1990s
- Rohni River, or Rohini River, in South Central Nepal, tributary to the West Rapti River
- Rohini (West Bengal), a village in West Bengal, India
Rohini is the name given to a series of satellites launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). The Rohini series consisted of four satellites, all of which were launched by the Satellite Launch Vehicle (SLV) and three of which made it successfully to orbit. The series were mostly experimental satellites.
Rohini was one of Buddha's chief lay female disciples. She was a cousin of Buddha and sister of Anuruddha. She declined to enter the order of nuns with MahaPajapati Gotami. She attained stream entry and upon death entered heaven.
Rohini is an Indian actress, lyricist, screenwriter, voice actor and director. She has mainly acted in south Indian, notably Malayalam and Tamil films. Having started her acting career at five, she has about 130 south Indian films to her credit. She received National Award of Special mention and Andhra Pradesh State Award for Best Female Actor in 1996 for the film Sthree.
Rohini is a series of sounding rockets developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for meteorological and atmospheric study. These sounding rockets are capable of carrying payloads of between altitudes of . The ISRO currently uses RH-200, RH-300, RH-300 Mk-II and RH-560 Mk-II rockets, which are launched from the Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS) in Thumba and the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota.
Rohini is a queen of Hindu god Krishna, an avatar of the god Vishnu and the king of Dwarka - in the Dwapara Yuga (epoch). She is mentioned as a queen in the Hindu epic Mahabharata, the Vishnu Purana, the Bhagavata Purana and the Harivamsa, an appendix of the Mahabharata. Krishna is described to have the eight principal queen-consorts, the Ashtabharya and 16,000 or 16,100 other wives; Rohini is described as one of the Ashtabharya or identified with the queen Jambavati in some lists and head of the other wives in a list.
Rohini assembly constituency is one of the seventy Delhi assembly constituencies of Delhi in northern India.
Rohini assembly consutituency is a part of North West Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency). This constituency was created by reorganization by Delimitation Commission of India in 2008.