# रसशास्त्र (rasaśāstra)

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रसशास्त्र (rasaśāstra) is a Sanskrit word meaning alchemy.

- **SLP1:** `rasaSAstra`  **IAST:** rasaśāstra  **Devanagari:** रसशास्त्र
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rasashastra
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/rasashastra/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Other (2 definitions)
- alchemy  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 870,2] रस - शास्त्र (rasa-śāstra) n. ‘science of Rasas’, alchemy, Sarvad. [ ID=175692 ]
- the science of alchemy  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > रसशास्त्र (rasaśāstra) [Printed book page 607-02 ] रस - शास्त्र (rasa-śāstra) n. the science of alchemy. [ ID=31899 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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