रोमन् n. [रु-मनिन् Uṇ. 4. 150]
1 The hair on the body of men and animals; especially, short hair, bristles or down; Ms. 4. 144; 8. 116.
2 The feathers of birds.
−Comp.
−अंकः a mark of hair; बिभ्रती श्वे- तरोमांकं R. 1. 83.
−अंचः a thrill (of rapture, horror, surprise &c.), horripilation; हर्षद्भुतभयादिभ्यो रोमां- चो रोमविक्रिया S. D. 167.
−अंचित a. with the hair erect or thrilled with joy.
−अंतः the hair on the back or upper side of the hand. −आली, −आवलिः, −ली f. a line of hair on the abdomen (above the navel); शिखा धूमस्येयं परिणमति रो- पावलिवपुः K. P. 10; रोमराजि also. −उद्गमः, −उद्भेदः erection of the hair (on the body), thrill, horripilation; Ku. 7. 77. −कूपः, −पं,
−गर्तः a pore of the skin. −केशरं, −के- सरं, −गुच्छं a whisk, chowrie.
−पुलकः bristling of the hair, thrill: Ch. P. 34.
−भूमिः f. ‘the place of the hair’, i. e. the skin.
−रंध्रं a pore of the skin. −राजिः, −जी, −लता f. a line of hair on the abdomen (above the navel); रराज तन्वी नवरो (लो) मरा- जिः Ku. 1. 38; Śi. 9. 22.
−वाहिन् a. cutting off hair. −विकारः, −विक्रि- या, −विभेदः thrill, horripilation; Ki. 9. 46; Ku. 5. 10.
−विध्वंसः a louse.
−हर्षः bristling of the hair, thrill; वेपथुश्च शरीरे मे रोमहर्षश्च जायते Bg. 1. 29.
−हर्षण a. causing thrill or horripilation, thrilling, awe-inspiring; ए- तानि खलु सर्वभूतरो (लो) महर्षणानि दीर्घारण्यानि U. 2; संवादमिममश्रौषमद्भुत रोमहर्षणं Bg. 18. 74. (
−णः) N. of Sūta, a pupil of Vyāsa who narrated several Purāṇas to Śaunaka. (
−णं) erection of hair on the body, thrill.