# रस (rasa)

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रस (rasa) is a Sanskrit word meaning water, liquor, or drink, juice of the sugar-cane, syrup, any mixture, draught, elixir, or potion, melted butter, milk, poison. Its 47 recorded definitions are grouped into 16 contexts, among them Sap, Juice, Fluid, Water, Taste, Flavor, Condiment, Specific Plants & Plant Products.

- **Root:** 2. रस् (2. ras)
- **Etymology:** E. रस to taste, to love, &c., aff. अच् — E. rasa to taste, to love, &c., aff. ac
- **SLP1:** `rasa`  **IAST:** rasa  **Devanagari:** रस
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rasa_%28aesthetics%29
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/rasa/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** रास (rāsa), रसा (rasā)

## Meanings by context

### Sap, Juice, Fluid, Water (8 definitions)
- the sap or juice of plants, essence, or the best part of anything  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 869,2] रस (rasa) m. ( ifc. f( आ (ā) ). ) the sap or juice of plants, juice of fruit, any liquid or fluid, the best or finest or prime part of anything, essence, marrow, RV. &c. &c. [ ID=175486 ]
- water, liquor, or drink  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > water, liquor, drink, MBh.; Kāv. &c. [ ID=175487 ]
- juice of the sugar-cane, syrup  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > juice of the sugar-cane, syrup, Suśr. [ ID=175488 ]
- 1. Sap or juice of plants. 2. Fruit syrup. 3. Fluid, liquid, or water. 4. Essence or pith. 5. Quicksilver. 6. Potion, elixir, or poisonous draught. 7. Taste or flavour. 8. The tongue as the organ of taste. 9. Relish, inclination, fondness, love, or desire. 10. Affection, pleasure, delight, or charm. 11. Aesthetic sentiment in poetry or human character. 12. The sacred syllable om.  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > रस (rasa) [Printed book page 252-1 ] रस (rasa) ras-a, m. [√ 2. ras], sap, juice ( of plants ), fruit-syrup; fluid, liquid; water; essence, pith ( of anything ); quicksilver; potion, elixir; poisonous draught; taste, flavour ( as distinctive quality of fluids : six kinds are distinguished, viz. sweet, salt, bitter, sour, pungent, astringent ); object of taste; organ of taste, tongue; relish, inclination, fondness or love for ( lc. ± upari, —° ); desire; affection; pleasure, delight; charm; (flavour or keynote in poetry ), sentiment ( eight Rasas are generally distinguished : love, heroism, disgust, wrath, mirth, terror, pity, wonder, a ninth, quietism, and a tenth, tenderness, being sometimes added ); prevailing sentiment in human character; sacred syllable om. [ ID=15104 ]
- 1. The juice of plants. 2. Water. 3. Liquor or drink. 4. Poison. 5. A mixture, draught, or elixir. 6. An essential fluid of the body. 7. Quicksilver. 8. Semen. 9. A mineral substance. 10. The essence of anything. 11. Taste, flavor, or relish. 12. Sauce or condiment. 13. Desire or taste for anything. 14. Love or affection. 15. A poetic sentiment. 16. Charm, elegance, or beauty.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > रस (rasa) [Printed book page 607-02 ] रस (rasa) m. 1. The juice of plants, K.S. i.7; 2. water, सहस्रगुणमुत्स्रष्टुमादत्ते हि रस (rasa) ं रविः (sahasraguṇamutsraṣṭumādatte hi rasaṃ raviḥ) R. i.18; 3. liquor, drink, M. ii.177; 4. poison; 5. any mixture, draught, or elixir; 6. an essential fluid of the body; 7. quick-silver; 8. semen; 9. any mineral substance; 10. the essence of any thing; 11. taste, flavour, relish, (considered to be one of the twenty four guṇas in Vaiśeshika philosophy; the rasas are six in number; See कटु (kaṭu) II); 12. sauce, condiment; 13. taste for any thing, desire, इष्टे वस्तुन्युपचितरस (rasa) ा प्रेमराशीभवन्ति (iṣṭe vastunyupacitarasā premarāśībhavanti) Megh. ii.49; 14. love, affection, जरस (rasa) ा यस्मिन्नहार्यो रस (rasa) ः (jarasā yasminnahāryo rasaḥ) Ut. i.; 15. a poetic sentiment, जयंति ते सुकृतिनो रस (rasa) सिद्धाः कवीश्वराः (jayaṃti te sukṛtino rasasiddhāḥ kavīśvarāḥ) Bhartr. ii.24; (in works on rhetoric, usually eight sentiments are enumerated, viz., शृंगारहास्यकरुणरौद्रवीरभयानकाः । बीभत्साद्भुतसंज्ञौ चेत्यष्टौ नाट्ये रस (rasa) ाः स्मृताः (śṛṃgārahāsyakaruṇaraudravīrabhayānakāḥ. bībhatsādbhutasaṃjñau cetyaṣṭau nāṭye rasāḥ smṛtāḥ) K.Pr. iv.; but शांत (śāṃta), वात्सल्य (vātsalya) and भक्ति (bhakti) are sometimes added to these; Rasa constitutes the essence of poetry in the opinion of most writers on rhetoric); 16. charm, elegance, beauty. [ ID=31872 ]
- 1. The sap or juice of plants, fluid, or water. 2. The best part or essence of anything. 3. Taste, the organ of taste, or a relish and inclination for something. 4. Pleasure, charm, or beauty. 5. Feeling, sentiment, or affection. 6. Style or character of a work of art. 7. Moisture or humidity. 8. The lower world or hell.  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > रस (rasa) [Printed book page 444 ] रस (rasa) m. the sap or juice of plants and fruits, fluid, liquid i.g., poet. = water; the best or finest or strongest part of anything, its essence or bloom; taste or the organ of taste, relish or inclination for, desire Page445 of ( loc. ± उपरि (±upari) or —°), any object of taste or enjoyment; pleasure, charm, beauty; feeling, sentiment, affection; style, character ( esp. of a work of art). —f. रस (rasa) ा (rasā) moisture, humidity, N. of a river & a mythol. stream; the lower world, hell. [ ID=26669 ]
- 1. Plant sap or fruit juice. 2. The essence or finest part of something. 3. Fluid or liquid. 4. Taste or relish. 5. An object of taste or a source of pleasure and beauty.  
  *Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary*
  > रस (rasa) [Printed book page 229-a ] rása, m. —1a. the sap or juice of plants ( 36 18 ), and esp. of fruits; fruit-syrup, 68 1; —1b. fig. the best or finest or strongest part of a thing, its essence or flos, 44 7, 83 3; —1c. sap, generalized, fluid, liquid; drink, 15 17; —2a. taste ( regarded as the chief characteristic of a liquid); —2b. taste, i. e. relish for, 97 6; —2c. object of one's taste, esp. that which pleases one's taste, e. g. the beauties (of a story), 56 11. [ ID=3508 ]
- 1. The sap or juice of plants or fruit. 2. The best or finest part of anything, essence. 3. Any liquid, fluid, water, drink, milk, melted butter, or soup. 4. Poison. 5. Serum or chyle in the body. 6. Quicksilver or mercury. 7. Semen virile. 8. Taste, savour, flavour, or relish. 9. A condiment, sauce, spice, or seasoning. 10. The tongue. 11. Inclination, appetite, enjoyment, love, or desire. 12. Charm, grace, beauty, sweetness, or wit. 13. Taste, style, or sentiment in a literary work. 14. Myrrh. 15. Mineral or metallic salt, or fused metal. 16. Moisture or humidity. 17. The lower world or hell. 18. The earth or ground.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > रस (rasa) [Printed book page 0835-a ] Rasa, as, m. (perhaps connected with rt. ram ), the sap or juice of plants, juice of fruit; juice of the sugar-cane, syrup; (metaphorically) the best or finest or prime part of anything, essence, marrow; any liquid or fluid, ( gavāṃ rasaḥ, milk), water, liquor, drink; milk; melted butter; any mixture, draught, elixir, potion; nectar; poison, poisonous drink; soup, broth; a constituent fluid or essential juice of the body, serum, (especially) the primary juice called chyle (formed from the food and changed by the bile into blood); mercury, quicksilver (sometimes regarded in philosophical works as a kind of quint- essence of the human body or as possessing some supernatural power over its juices; elsewhere regarded as the seminal fluid of Śiva); semen virile; taste, savour, flavour, relish, (the six principal tastes are said to be madhura, amla, lavaṇa, kaṭuka, tikta, and kaṣāya, q.q. v.v.); a symbolical expression for the number six; anything used to give relish, a condi- ment, sauce, spice, seasoning; the organ or instrument of taste, the tongue; taste or inclination for anything, appetite, enjoyment of anything, love, affection, desire; anything that stimulates enjoyment, pleasure, charm, grace, elegance, beauty, sweetness, spirit, wit; taste, style, character (of a work); taste, sentiment, feeling, emotion, pathos, affection, passion, dispo- sition, (in dramatic composition ten Rasas are enu- merated, viz. śṛṅgāra, love; vīra, heroism; bī- bhatsa, disgust; raudra, anger or fury; hāsya, Page0835-b+ 81 mirth; bhayānaka, terror; karuṇa, pity; adbhuta, wonder; śānta, tranquillity or contentment; vāt- salya, paternal fondness: according to some only nine or eight are enumerated, the last or last two being omitted); myrrh; any mineral or metallic salt (as sulphur, borax, green vitriol, &c.); a metal or mineral in a state of fusion; gold; a kind of metre consisting of four times seventy syllables; = śabda?; (ā), f. moisture, humidity (Ved.); N. of a river (Ved.); a mythical stream supposed to flow round the earth and the atmosphere (Ved.); the lower world, hell [cf. rasā-tala ]; the earth, ground, soil; the tongue; N. of various plants, Clypea Hernandi- folia; Boswellia Thurifera; Panicum Italicuml; a vine or grape; = kākolī; (am), n. myrrh; milk; taste; [cf. according to some, Gr. δρόσος; Lat. ros, ror-is (for ros-is); Lith. rassa; Russ. rosa.] —Rasa-karpūra, am, n. sublimate or muriate of mercury (made with sulphur, mercury, and common salt; the crystals formed in the first operation are sublimed a second time). —Rasa-karman, a, n. or rasa-kalpanā, f. preparation of quicksilver, any process undergone by quicksilver. —Rasa-kalyā- ṇinī-vrata, am, n., N. of a particular ceremony; of the twenty-second chapter of the Bhaviṣyottara- Purāṇa; of the sixty-second chapter of the Matsya- Purāṇa. —Rasa-kulyā, f., N. of a river in Kuśa- dvīpa. —Rasa-ketu, us, m., N. of a prince. —Rasa- kesara, am, n. camphor. —Rasa-komala, am, n. a particular mineral. —Rasa-kriyā, f. application of fluid remedies or fomentations. —Rasa-gandha, as, am, m. n. gum-myrrh. —Rasa-gandhaka, as, m. myrrh; brimstone, sulphur. —Rasa-garbha, am, n. a collyrium made from the juice of the Curcuma Xanthorrhiza; a mineral preparation, vermilion. —Rasa-graha, as, ā, am, apprehending or per- ceiving flavours, having a taste for enjoyments, ap- preciating pleasures; ( as ), m. the organ of taste. —Rasa-grāhaka, as, ikā, am, apprehending or perceiving flavours, sensible of flavour. —Rasa-gha- na, as, ā, am, Ved. full of juice, consisting entirely of juice. —Rasa-ghna, as, m. borax. —Rasa-can- drikā, f., N. of Śaṅkara's commentary on the Abhijñāna-śakuntala. —Rasa-cintāmaṇi, is, m., N. of a medical work. —Rasa-ja, as, ā, am, originating in fluids, produced from liquids; proceeding from chyle; born in passion; ( as ), m. sugar, molasses; any insect engendered by the fermentation of liquids; ( am ), n. blood. —Rasa-jña, as, ā, am, knowing tastes, discriminating or appreciating flavour or excel- lence, knowing what gives real enjoyment, knowing the true essence of things, capable of discerning the spirit or beauty of anything, well versed in any know- ledge; ( as ), m. a poet or man of discrimination, any writer who understands the Rasas; an alchemist who understands the magical properties of mercury; a physician; a preparer of mercurial and chemical compounds; (ā, am), f. n. the tongue. —Rasajña- tā, f. or rasajña-tva, am, n. knowledge of flavours; acquaintance with the true essence of things, poetical skill or taste; alchemy; discrimination, skill, expe- rience. —Rasa-jñāna, am, n. knowledge of tastes (a branch of medical science). —Rasa-jyeṣṭha, as, m. the first or best taste, sweet taste, sweetness; the sentiment of love. —Rasa-tanmātra, am, n. the subtile element or rudiment of taste. —Rasa-tama, as, m., Ved. the juice of all juices, best juice, essence of essences. —Rasa-taraṅginī, f., N. of a treatise on poetical sentiment or pathos by Bhānu-datta; of another work. —Rasa-tas, ind. according to taste or flavour. —Rasa-tā, f. or rasa-tva, am, n. fluidity, juiciness, the being chyle, state of chyle. —Rasa- tejas, as, n. ‘strength of the chyle,’ blood. —Rasa- da, as, ā, am, emitting juice or sap, emitting resin; ( as ), m. ‘giver of fluids or mixtures,’ a physician. —Rasa-darpaṇa, as, m. ‘mirror of the Rasas,’ N. of a medical work. —Rasa-dālikā, f. a kind of sugar-cane. —Rasa-dīpikā, f. ‘lamp of the Rasas,’ N. of a medical work. —Rasa-drāvin, ī, m. a kind of citron (= madhura-jambīra). —Rasa-dhātu, u, n. ‘fluid-metal,’ quicksilver. —Rasa-nātha, as, Page0835-c+ 81 m. ‘chief of fluids,’ quicksilver, mercury. —Rasa- nāyaka, as, m. ‘leader or lord of quicksilver,’ N. of Śiva. —Rasa-nivṛtti, is, f. cessation or loss of taste, &c. —Rasa-netrikā, f. realgar, red arsenic. —Rasan-tama, as, ā, am, Ved. = rasa-tama. —Rasa-paddhati, is, f., N. of a medical work. —Rasa-pāka-ja, as, m. ‘produced by the cooking of juices,’ sugar. —Rasa-pācaka, as, m. ‘cooker of sauces or flavours,’ a cook. —Rasa-pārijāta, as, m. ‘the Pārijāta tree of Rasas,’ N. of a work on medi- cine. —Rasa-puṣpa, am, n. a particular preparation of mercury, a kind of muriate formed by subliming in close vessels a mixture of sulphur, mercury, and common salt. —Rasa-pradīpa, as, m. ‘lamp of the Rasas,’ N. of a work on medicine; of a work on rhetoric. —Rasa-prabandha, as, m. ‘connection of Rasas,’ any poetical composition, (especially) a drama. —Rasa-phala, as, m. a cocoa-nut tree (the fruit of which contains a fluid). —Rasa-bandhana, am, n. (probably) a particular part of the intestines. —Rasa-bodha, as, m. knowledge of taste (especially in poetic composition). —Rasa-bhaṅga, as, m. in- terruption or cessation of passion or sentiment. —Rasa-bhava, am, n. ‘produced from chyle,’ blood. —Rasa-bhasman, a, n. calx or oxide of mercury. —Rasa-bheda, as, m. a particular prepa- ration of quicksilver. —Rasa-bhedin, ī, inī, i, dis- charging juice (said of fruits which burst with ripe- ness). —Rasa-bhojana, as, ā, am, feeding on liquids or fluids; ( am ), n. an entertainment given to Brāhmans in which they are feasted with the juice of mangoes. —Rasa-mañjarī, f., N. of a treatise by Bhānu-datta on the Rasas, (describing the various kinds of heroes and heroines, their feelings, passions, and peculiarities.) —Rasa-maya, as, ī, am, formed of juice or sap, consisting of fluid, juicy, liquid; savoury; consisting of quicksilver; full of taste, delightful, of great beauty, charming. —Rasa-mala, am, n. the refuse of the juices (of the body), impure excretions. —Rasa-mahārṇava, as, m. ‘ocean of Rasas,’ N. of a work. —Rasa-matṛkā, f. ‘mother of taste,’ the tongue. —Rasa-mātra, am, n. = rasa-tanmātra. —Rasa-mūlā, f., N. of a Prākṛt metre consisting of four times twenty-four instants. —Rasa-yāmala, am, n., N. of a medical work. —Rasa-yoga, ās, m. pl. scientifically mixed juices or prepared mixtures. —Rasa-ratna, am, n. ‘jewel of Rasas,’ N. of a medical work. —Rasa-ratna- dīpikā, f. and rasa-ratna-pradīpa, as, m. and rasa-ratna-hāra, as, m. and rasa-ratnākara (°na-āk°), as, m. and rasa-ratnāvalī (°na-āv°), f. and rasa-rahasya, am, n., N. of various works treating of the Rasas and of medicine. —Rasa- rāja, as, m. ‘king of fluids,’ quicksilver; = rasāñ- jana. —Rasa-rāja-lakṣmī, īs, f. and rasa-rāja- śaṅkara, and rasa-rājahaṃsa, as, m., N. of three medical works. —Rasa-leha, as, m. quicksilver. —Rasa-vat, ān, atī, at, having juice or sap, full of juice, juicy, succulent; tasteful, sapid, savoury, luscious, well-seasoned, well-flavoured, strong; containing the essence (of anything); moist, well-watered; tasty, charming, elegant, graceful, beautiful; possessing love and the other Rasas; impassioned, full of feel- ing (in rhetoric applied to the poetical description of inanimate objects as affected by emotions of love and jealousy); spirited, witty; ( atī ), f. a kitchen; N. of an erotic poem; of a supplement to the Saṅ- kṣipta-sāra by Jūmara-nandin. —Rasavat-tā, f. juiciness, savouriness, sapidity; tastefulness; elegance, beauty, gracefulness. —Rasa-varja, as, m. avoidance of tastes or flavours. —Rasa-vaha, as, ā, am, bring- ing or producing juice. —Rasa-vikraya, as, m. the sale of stimulating juices or liquors. —Rasa-vikra- yin, ī, m. syrup-seller, liquor-seller, a dealer in essences or spices. —Rasa-vid, t, t, t, knowing tastes, knowing or appreciating flavours, having good taste, discriminating. —Rasa-viśeṣa, as, m. a more excellent juice or flavour. —Rasa-śāstra, am, n. the science of Rasas, alchemy. —Rasa-śodhana, as, m. borax; ( am ), n. purification of quicksilver. —Rasa- saṅgraha-siddhānta, as, m., N. of a medical work. Page0836-a+ 80 —Rasa-sāgara, as, m. ‘ocean of Rasas,’ N. of a work on medicine; of a work on rhetoric. —Rasa- sāra, N. of a commentary on the second book of the Kiraṇāvalī. —Rasa-siddha, as, ā, am, brought to perfection by means of quicksilver; skilled in alchemy; well versed in or conversant with the poetical Rasas, accomplished in poetry. —Rasa-sid- dhānta-sāgara and rasa-sindhu and rasa-sudhā- kara and rasa-sudhāmbhodhi (°dhā-am°) and rasākara (°sa-āk°), N. of various works on medi- cine or on the Rasas. —Rasa-siddhi, is, f. per- fection attained by means of quicksilver, knowledge of the art of performing various chemical operations with mercury which with certain mystical rites secure health and wealth to the adept; skill in alchemy. —Rasa-sindūra, am, n. a sort of factitious cin- nabar made with zinc, mercury, blue vitriol, and nitre fused together. —Rasa-sthāna, am, n. cin- nabar or vermilion. —Rasa-hṛdaya, am, n., N. of a work on alchemy. —Rasā-khana, as, m. ‘digging or scratching in the soil,’ a cock. —Rasāgraja (°sa- ag°), am, n. = rasāñjana. —Rasāñjana (°sa-añ°), am, n. vitriol of copper or a sort of collyrium pre- pared from it with the addition of Curcuma or (according to some) from the calx of brass with Amomum Anthorrhiza or (according to others) from lead-ore. —Rasāḍhya (°sa-āḍh°), as, ā, am, abounding in juice or sap, abounding in moisture; ( as ), m. Spondias Mangifera. —Rasā-tala, am, n., N. of one of the seven hells or regions under the earth, (see pātāla ); the lower world or hell in general, (not to be confounded with Naraka or the place of punishment); N. of the fourth astrological mansion. —Rasātmaka (°sa-āt°), as, ikā, am, having juice or sap for its essence, consisting of nectar; having the nature of liquid or fluid; characterized by sapi- dity or savour; having taste or flavour; having grace or elegance for its essence, elegant, beautiful. —Ra- sādāna (°sa-ād°), am, n. the taking or drawing up of moisture, drying up or absorption of fluid, sucking, suction. —Rasādhāra (°sa-ādh°), as, m. ‘receptacle of fluids or moisture,’ the sun. —Rasā- dhāraṇa (°sa-ādh°), am, n., Ved. retention of moisture (by the sun's rays). —Rasādhika (°sa- adh°), as, ā, am, full of taste, tasty, elegant, abounding in enjoyments; ( as ), m. borax; ( ā ), f. a species of plant. —Rasādhipatya (°sā-ādh°), am, n. dominion over the lower world. —Rasādhyakṣa (°sa-adh°), as, m. a superintendent of liquors or fluids. —Rasānupradāna (°sa-an°), am, n., Ved. the bestowing of moisture, (according to Yāska one of the functions of Indra.) —Rasāntara (°sa-an°), as, m. another taste or flavour; another pleasure or enjoyment; different passion or emotion, change of feeling or sentiment. —Rasā-pāyin, ī, m. ‘drinking with the tongue,’ a dog. —Rasābhāsa (°sa-ābh°), as, m. the semblance or mere appearance of senti- ment, a sentiment attributed to an inanimate object; the unsuitable manifestation of a sentiment. —Rasā- bhiniveśa (°sa-abh°), as, m. accession of sentiment, intentness of feeling or passion. —Rasābhivyañjikā (°sa-abh°), f., N. of a commentary. —Rasābhyan- tara (°sa-abh°), am, n. inside the waters. —Ra- sāmṛta (°sa-am°) and rasāmṛta-sindhu and rasāmbhodhi and rasāmbho-nidhi (°sa-am°), N. of various medical works. —Rasāmla (°sa-am°), as, m. a kind of sorrel ( = amala-vetasa ); vinegar made from fruit; sour sauce, (especially) tamarind sauce; = vṛkṣāmala, cukra. —Rasāyana (°sa-ay°), as, m. a particular drug used as a vermifuge ( = viḍaṅga ); an alchemist; N. of Garuḍa; ( ī ), f. a canal or chan- nel for the fluids (of the body), a vessel conveying chyle, a lacteal or absorbent vessel; N. of various plants, = guḍūcī, kāka-mācī, mahā-karañja, go- rakṣa-dugdhā, māṃsa-cchadā; (am), n. a medi- cine supposed to prevent old age and prolong life, an elixir, elixir vitæ; any medicine or medicinal compound; alchemy, chemistry, the employment of mercury as a remedy or for magical purposes; (according to native lexicographers also) buttermilk; poison; long pepper (?). —Rasāyana-phalā, f. Ter- Page0836-b+ 81 minalia Chebula or Citrina. —Rasāyana-śreṣṭha, as, m. ‘best of elixirs,’ mercury. —Rasārṇava (°sa- ar°) and rasālaṅkāra (°sa-al°), as, m. two works on medicine. —Rasālaya (°sa-āl°), as, m. the seat or abode of the Rasas; the seat of enjoyments; ( ās ), m. pl., N. of a people. —Rasāvatāra (°sa-av°), as, m., N. of a medical work. —Rasāśa (°sa-āśa), as, m. the drinking or consuming of liquors. —Ra- sāśin (°sa-āś°), ī, inī, i, drinking or enjoying liquids. —Rasāśir (°sa-āś°), īr, īr, īr, Ved. mixed with juice or liquid, (Sāy.) mixed with milk. —Ra- sāśvāsā (°sa-āś°), f. a kind of creeper (= palāśī). —Rasāsvāda (°sa-ās°), as, m. the sipping of juices. or liquids; the perception of enjoyment, sense of joy or pleasure. —Rasāsvādin (°sa-ās°), ī, inī, i, tasting juice, perceiving or apprehending flavours; ( ī ), m. ‘juice-sipper,’ a bee. —Rasāhva (°sa-āh°), as, m. turpentine, the resin of Pinus Longifolia. —Rasendra (°sa-in°), as, m. ‘chief of fluids or metals,’ quicksilver, mercury; the philosopher's stone (the touch of which turns iron to gold). —Rasendra- kalpa-druma, as, m., N. of a work by Rāma- kṛṣṇa treating of the preparation of mercury and minerals or metals for medicinal uses. —Rasendra- cintā-maṇi, is, m., N. of a similar work to the above by Rāma-candra. —Raseśvara (°sa-īś°), as, m. ‘lord of fluids or metals,’ mercury, quicksilver; [cf. rasendra. ] —Raseśvara-darśana, am, n. the science of the application of mercury to various che- mical and magical operations, the doctrine of alchemy. —Raseśvara-siddhānta, as, m., N. of a work establishing the efficacy of mercury in alchemy. —Rasottama (°sa-ut°), as, m. Phaseolus Mungo, = mudga; (am), n. (?), ‘best of liquids,’ milk. —Rasotpatti (°sa-ut°), is, f. production of taste or flavour; development of passion or sentiment; generation of the vital fluids. —Rasodadhi (°sa-ud°), is, m. ‘ocean of Rasas,’ N. of a rhetorical treatise on the Rasas. —Rasodbhava (°sa-ud°), am, n. ‘pro- duced in water,’ a pearl. —Rasopala (°sa-up°), am, n. ‘water-stone,’ a pearl. —Rasollāsa (°sa-ul°), as, m. ‘the spontaneous evolution of the fluids (or juices of the body, without nutriment from without),’ N. of one of the eight Siddhis or states of perfection, (also written rasollāsā ); springing up of desire, increase of longing (for anything). —Rasaukas (°sā- ok°), āṃsi, n. pl. the habitations of the lower world; ( ās, ās, as ), inhabiting the lower regions; ( ās ), m. an inhabitant of the lower world. [ ID=39239 ]

### Taste, Flavor, Condiment (6 definitions)
- taste or flavour  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > taste, flavour (as the principal quality of fluids, of which there are 6 original kinds, viz. मधुर (madhura), sweet; अम्ल (amla), sour; लवण (lavaṇa), salt; कटुक (kaṭuka), pungent; तिक्त (tikta), bitter; and कषाय (kaṣāya), astringent; sometimes 63 varieties are distinguished, viz. beside the 6 original ones, 15 mixtures of 2, 20 of 3, 15 of 4, 6 of 5, and 1 of 6 flavours), ŚBr. &c. &c. [ ID=175507 ]
- any object of taste, condiment, sauce, spice, or seasoning  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > any object of taste, condiment, sauce, spice, seasoning, MBh.; Kāv. &c. [ ID=175509 ]
- 1. Flavour or taste. 2. Taste, sentiment, or emotion in poetry or drama. 3. Mental affection or passion. 4. Juice, fluid, or liquid. 5. Poison. 6. Semen. 7. Water. 8. Chyle or bodily fluid. 9. Gum myrrh. 10. Quicksilver. 11. A mineral or metallic salt. 12. The earth. 13. The tongue. 14. A plant. 15. A sort of grain. 16. The frankincense tree. 17. The grape. 18. A medical drug.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > रस (rasa) m. ( - सः (-saḥ) ) 1 Flavour, taste, as sweet, salt, pungent, bitter, sour, and astringent. 2 Taste, sentiment, emotion, as an object of poetry or composition; eight sentiments are usually enumerated, Śṛṅgāra or love, Hāsya or mirth, Karuṇā or tenderness, Raudra or anger, Vīra or heroism, Bhayānaka or terror, BIbhatsA or disgust, and Adbhuta or surprise: Śānta, tranquillity or content, or Vātsalya, paternal tenderness, is sometimes considered as the ninth. 3 Affection of the mind, passion. 4 Juice, exudation, a fluid, a liquid, or liquified substance. 5 Poison. 6 Semen virile. 7 Water. 8 The primary or essential juice or fluid of the body, whence blood, serum, sweat, &c. are supposed to be engendered; it corresponds best with chyle, but is probably of a fanciful nature. 9 Gum myrrh. 10 Quicksilver, from its being a semi-fluid metal, and according to certain alchymical notions possessed of supernatural power over the juices of the body, &c. 11 A mineral or a metallic salt, as sulphur, borax, talc, blue or green vitriol, &c.; they are however usually called Upa or inferior Rasas. f. ( - सा (-sā) ) 1 The earth. 2 The tongue. 3 A plant, commonly Aknadhi, ( Cissampelos hexandra.) 4 A sort of grain, ( Panicum italicum.) 5 The frankincense tree, ( Boswellia thurifera.) 6 The grape. 7 A medical drug, commonly Kākoli. E. रस (rasa) to taste, to love, &c., aff. अच् (ac). [ ID=31984 ]
- 1. Flavour, juice, or mercury. 2. The earth, tongue, or a grape.  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > रस (rasa) [Printed book page 624-a ] रस (rasa) ( सः ) ((saḥ)) 1. m. Flavour; juice; mercury. f. The earth; tongue; a grape. [ ID=31551 ]
- 1. Flavour or taste. 2. Aesthetic sentiment or emotion in poetry or drama. 3. Mental affection or passion. 4. Juice, fluid, or liquid. 5. Poison. 6. Semen. 7. Water. 8. The primary bodily fluid or chyle. 9. Gum myrrh. 10. Quicksilver. 11. A mineral or metallic salt. 12. The earth. 13. The tongue. 14. The Akanadi plant. 15. A sort of grain. 16. The frankincense tree. 17. The grape. 18. The Kakoli medicinal drug.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > रस (rasa) [Printed book page 598-b ] रस (rasa) m. ( - सः (-saḥ) ) 1. Flavour, taste, viz:—sweet, salt, pungent, bitter, sour, and astringent. 2. Taste, sentiment, emotion, as an object of poetry or composition; eight sentiments are usually enumerated, viz:-Sringāra or love, Hāsya or mirth, Karuṇa or tenderness, Raudra or anger, Bīra or heroism, Bhayānaka or terror, Bibhatsa or disgust, and Adbhuta or surprise; Śānta, tranquility or content or Bātsalya, paternal tenderness, is sometimes considered as the ninth. 3. Affection of the mind, passion. 4. Juice, exudation, a fluid, a liquid, or liquified substance. 5. Poison. 6. Semen virile. 7. Water. 8. The primary or essential juice or fluid of the body, whence blood, serum, sweat, &c. are supposed to be engendered; it corresponds best with chyle, but is probably of a fanciful nature. 9. Gum myrrh. 10. Quicksilver, from its being a semi-fluid metal, and according to certain alchemical notions possessed of supernatural power over the juices of the body, &c. 11. A mineral or a metallic salt, as sulphur, borax, talc, blue or green vitriol, &c.; they are however usually called Upa or inferior Rasas. f. ( - सा (-sā) ) 1. The earth. 2. The tongue. 3. A plant, commonly Ākanādi. (Cissampelos hexandra.) 4. A sort of grain, (Panicum italicum.) 5. The frankincense-tree, (Boswellia thurifera) 6. The grape. 7. A medical drug, commonly Kākoli. E. रस (rasa) ् (ras) to taste, to love, aff. अच । (aca.) [ ID=33295 ]
- 1. Taste. 2. Pleasure, enjoyment, or charm. 3. Inclination or love. 4. Juice, liquid, or a dish. 5. Essence. 6. Condiment. 7. Water. 8. The essential juice of the body. 9. Semen virile. 10. Poison. 11. Gum myrrh. 12. Quicksilver. 13. A mineral substance such as sulphur or borax. 14. Taste, sentiment, or emotion as an object of poetry. 15. Affection of the mind, passion, or love. 16. A river of the lower regions. 17. The tongue. 18. The earth. 19. A grape. 20. The name of several plants.  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > रस (rasa) [Printed book page 0762-a ] रस (rasa) rasa, probably from ram, I. m. 1. Taste (as sweet, salt), Pañc. 61, 11. 2. Pleasure, Utt. Rāmac. 146, 1; en- joyment, Śāk. d. 179; Pañc. ii. d. 175; charm, Pañc. iv. d. 62. 3. Inclination, Hit. iii. d. 115 ( sāhasa-ekānta-rasa-anu- vartin, adj. One who follows only his in- clination to inconsiderate haste); love, Utt. Rāmac. 26, 2. 4. Juice, Man. 2, 77; liquid, 3, 159; Śiś. 9, 46; a dish, Vikr. 19, 1. 5. Essence, Hit. iv. d. 94 ( tad-, Its best). 6. Condiment, Hit. iii. d. 56. 7. Water. 8. The essential juice of the body, whence blood, etc., are supposed to be engendered. 9. Semen virile. 10. Poison. 11. Gum myrrh. 12. Quicksilver. 13. A mineral substance, as sulphur, borax. 14. Taste, sentiment, emotion, as an object of poetry, as love, terror, etc., Bhartṛ. 2, 21; Rām. 1, 4, 7; Pañc. v. d. 44 (? nine rasas of music). 15. Affection of the mind, Utt. Rāmac. 50, 8; passion, Vikr. d. 36; love, Vikr. d. 40. II. f. sā. 1. A river of the lower regions, Chr. 297, 12 = Rigv. i. 112, 12. 2. The tongue. 3. The earth. 4. A grape. 5. The name of several plants. — Comp. A-, adj. tasteless, insipid. Anu-, m. a secondary flavour, Suśr. 1, 224, 13. Anna-, m. the essential properties of food, Nal. 5, 37 (the knowledge of them). Amṛta-, I. m. the amṛta es- sence, the drink of immortality, Bhartṛ. 3, 77 ( kāvya-, poetical works which are like the essence of amṛta). II. adj., f. sā, having an amṛta-like juice, Pañc. 248, 12. Ikṣu-, m. the juice of the sugar-cane, Pañc. i. d. 411. Eha-, I. m. only pleasure, Rām. 1, 9, 8. II. adj., f. sā. 1. pleased with one object only, ib. 2, 67, 20 ( v. r. Gorr. ). 2. un- changed, Utt. Rāmac. 102, 3. Ka- Page0762-b+ 45 naka-, m. 1. melted gold, Śāk. 99, 15. 2. yellow orpiment. Kāma-, m. semi- nation, MBh. 1, 3812. Kṣudra-, m. honey, Bhāg. P. 5, 13, 10. Gandha-, m. myrrh, MBh. 5, 777. Go-, m. 1. milk, MBh. 5, 1143. 2. buttermilk. 3. coagulated milk. Nīrasa, i. e. nis-, adj. 1. sapless, vain, Vikr. d. 30. 2. insipid, Bhartṛ. 3, 16. 3. merciless, Utt. Rāmac. 117, 6. 4. charmless, Pañc. iv. d. 62. Piṣṭa ( vb. piṣ )-, m. water mixed with flour, MBh. 1, 5186. Pra- ṇipāta-, m. the name of a spell, Rām. 1, 31, 5 Gorr. Yakṣa-, m. spirituous liquor. Yathā-rasa + m, adv. accord- ing to the sentiments, Mālav. 20, 20. Vi-, I. adj. 1. insipid. 2. painful, Utt. Rāmac. 157, 6. II. m. pain, Utt. Rāmac. 18, 9. Śṛṅgāra-eka-, adj. only pleased with love, Vikr. d. 9. Sa-, see s.v. Siddha-, I. adj. mineral, metallic. II. m. 1. quicksilver. 2. an alchy- mist. Su-, I. adj. 1. well-flavoured. 2. sweet. 3. elegant. II. m. a plant, Vitex trifolia. III. f. sā, and n. 1. holy basil. 2. the name of several plants. IV. f. sā, Durgā. Sva-, m. 1. proper taste. 2. proper flavour. 3. expressed juice. 4. sediment of oil. Svādu-, f. sā, 1. the hog-plum. 2. a grape. 3. vinous liquor. [ ID=12010 ]

### Specific Plants & Plant Products (5 definitions)
- myrrh  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > myrrh, L. [ ID=175498 ]
- Vangueria spinosa  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > Vangueria Spinosa, L. [ ID=175502 ]
- a species of amaranth  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a species of amaranth, L. [ ID=175503 ]
- green onion  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > green onion, L. [ ID=175504 ]
- resin  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > resin, L. [ ID=175505 ]

### Elixirs, Potions, Nectar, Poison (4 definitions)
- any mixture, draught, elixir, or potion  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > any mixture, draught, elixir, potion, R.; BhP. [ ID=175489 ]
- poison  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (with or scil. विषस्य (viṣasya) ) poison, Daś.; Rājat. [ ID=175492 ]
- nectar  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > [Printed book page 869,3] nectar, L. [ ID=175493 ]
- amrita  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > = अमृत (amṛta), L. [ ID=175506 ]

### Minerals, Metals, Quicksilver (4 definitions)
- mercury or quicksilver  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > mercury, quicksilver (sometimes regarded as a kind of quintessence of the human body, else where as the seminal fluid of Śiva), Sarvad. [ ID=175496 ]
- any mineral or metallic salt  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > any mineral or metallic salt, Cat. [ ID=175499 ]
- a metal or mineral in a state of fusion  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a metal or mineral in a state of fusion ( cf. उप - (upa-), महा - र् (mahā-r) ° (°) ) [ ID=175500 ]
- gold  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > gold, L. [ ID=175501 ]

### Emotion, Inclination, Affection, Pleasure (3 definitions)
- 1. Taste, inclination, or fondness. 2. Love, affection, or desire.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > taste or inclination or fondness for ( loc. with or scil. उपरि (upari), or comp. ), love, affection, desire, MBh.; Kāv. &c. [ ID=175511 ]
- charm, pleasure, delight  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > charm, pleasure, delight, ib. [ ID=175512 ]
- the prevailing sentiment in human character  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > the prevailing sentiment in human character, Uttarar.; Rājat. [ ID=175514 ]

### Prepared Food & Drink, Animal Products (3 definitions)
- melted butter  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > melted butter, L. [ ID=175490 ]
- milk  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (with or scil. गवाम् (gavām) ) milk, MBh. [ ID=175491 ]
- soup or broth  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > soup, broth, L. [ ID=175494 ]

### Symbolic & Technical Meanings (3 definitions)
- the number six  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of the number ‘six’, VarBṛS.; Śrutab. [ ID=175508 ]
- a kind of meter  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a kind of metre, Piṅg. [ ID=175516 ]
- Name of the sacred syllable Om  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of the sacred syllable, ‘Om’, ŚāṅkhGṛ. [ ID=175517 ]

### Bodily Fluids (2 definitions)
- a body fluid, serum, or chyle formed from food and changed into blood  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a constituent fluid or essential juice of the body, serum, ( esp. ) the primary juice called chyle (formed from the food and changed by the bile into blood), ib. [ ID=175495 ]
- semen virile  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > semen virile, Ṛg-veda (Title) i, 105, 2 [ ID=175497 ]

### Proper Nouns, Lineage, Deities (2 definitions)
- the son of a Nishada and a Shanaki  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > the son of a Niṣāda and a Śanakī, L. [ ID=175518 ]
- a Tushita god  
  *The Purana Index*
  > रस (rasa) [Printed book page 3-058 ] Rasa (I) — a Tuṣita god. Br. III. 3. 19. [ ID=11514 ]

### Religious or Philosophical Concept (2 definitions)
- disposition of the heart or mind, or religious sentiment  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (with Vaiṣṇavas) disposition of the heart or mind, religious sentiment (there are 5 Rasas or Ratis forming the 5 degrees of भक्ति (bhakti), q.v., viz. शान्ति (śānti), दास्य (dāsya), साख्य (sākhya), वात्सल्य (vātsalya), and माधुर्य (mādhurya) ), W. [ ID=175515 ]
- the quality of waters absorbed in light, leading to their destruction  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Rasa (II) — the guṇa of waters becomes absorbed in jyotis or tejas and consequently waters reach the verge of destruction. Vā. 101. 42. 102. 9. [ ID=11515 ]

### Aesthetic Sentiment (Rasa Theory) (1 definition)
- the prevailing sentiment or artistic flavor of a literary work  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (in rhet. ) the taste or character of a work, the feeling or sentiment prevailing in it (from 8 to 10 Rasas are generally enumerated, viz. शृङ्गार (śṛṅgāra), love; वीर (vīra), heroism; बीभत्स (bībhatsa), disgust; रौद्र (raudra), anger or fury; हास्य (hāsya), mirth; भयानक (bhayānaka), terror; करुण (karuṇa), pity; अद्भुत (adbhuta), wonder; शान्त (śānta), tranquillity or contentment; वात्सल्य (vātsalya), paternal fondness; the last or last two are sometimes omitted; cf. under भाव (bhāva) ), Bhar.; Daśar.; Kāvyād. &c. [ ID=175513 ]

### Essence, Core, Prime Part (1 definition)
- essence  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > रस (rasa) [Printed book page 594-1 ] Rasa (“essence,” personif.). § 270 (Brahmasabhāv.): II, 11, 438 (in the palace of Brahmán). [ ID=8996 ]

### Grammatical Information / Cross-reference (1 definition)
- see s.v.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2B) [Printed book page 869,3] रसा (rasā) a ( आ (ā) ), f., see s.v. [ ID=175519 ]

### The Tongue (Organ of Taste) (1 definition)
- the tongue  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > the tongue (as the organ of taste), BhP. [ ID=175510 ]

### Verbal Root 'ras' (1 definition)
- 1. To sound. 2. To taste or relish. 3. To love or regard.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > रस (rasa) [Printed book page 697 ] रस (rasa) r. 1st cl. ( रस (rasa) ति (rasati) ) To sound. r. 10th cl. ( रस (rasa) यति (rasayati) ) 1 To taste, to relish. 2 To love, to regard. [ ID=31983 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Index to the Names in the Mahabharata; Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary; Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872); Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary; The Purana Index; Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
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