The Vishnu Purana says that Rohini is very beautiful. Ratnagrabha, commentator on the scripture, includes her as one of the Ashtabharya, identifying her with Jambavati. He considers Rohini as the queen's birth name and Jambavati, a patronymic literally daughter of Jambavan her epithet. However, another commentator Sridhara disagrees and considers her as distinct from Jambavati. The Vishnu Purana mentions that she had Diptimat, Tamrapaksha and other sons. The Harivamsa also suggests that Rohini may be an alternate name of Jambavati. Indologist Horace Hayman Wilson feels that in the Vishnu Purana as well as the Bhagavata Purana, Rohini and Jambavati are different individuals. He feels that she could a later addition to the original list of 8 chief queens.