# रसास्वाद (rasāsvāda)

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रसास्वाद (rasāsvāda) is a Sanskrit word meaning sipping of juice or perception of pleasure, the perception of enjoyment, the appreciation of poetical beauty. Its 5 recorded definitions are grouped into 2 contexts, among them Savoring or General Perception of Pleasure/Enjoyment, Aesthetic/Poetic Sentiment Appreciation.

- **SLP1:** `rasAsvAda`  **IAST:** rasāsvāda  **Devanagari:** रसास्वाद
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rasasvada
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/rasasvada/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Savoring or General Perception of Pleasure/Enjoyment (3 definitions)
- sipping of juice or perception of pleasure  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 870,3] रसा (rasā) स्वाद (svāda) m. ‘sipping of juice’ or ‘perception of pleasure’, Vedāntas. [ ID=175792 ]
- perception of pleasure  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > रसास्वाद (rasāsvāda) [Printed book page 252-2 ] रसास्वाद (rasāsvāda) rasa‿āsvāda, m. perception of pleasure. [ ID=15115 ]
- the perception of enjoyment  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > रसास्वाद (rasāsvāda) [Printed book page 445 ] रसास्वाद (rasāsvāda) m. the perception of enjoyment. [ ID=26695 ]

### Aesthetic/Poetic Sentiment Appreciation (2 definitions)
- the perception of sentiment in poetry or the sense of poetical beauty  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > रसास्वाद (rasāsvāda) [Printed book page 607-02 ] रस - आस्वाद (rasa-āsvāda) m. the perception of a sentiment in poetry, sense of poetical beauty, e.g. संसारविषवृक्षस्य द्वे एव रसवत्फलैः । काव्यामृतरसास्वाद (rasāsvāda) ः संगश्च सुजनैः सह (saṃsāraviṣavṛkṣasya dve eva rasavatphalaiḥ. kāvyāmṛtarasāsvādaḥ saṃgaśca sujanaiḥ saha). [ ID=31877 ]
- The appreciation of poetical beauty  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > रसास्वाद (rasāsvāda) [Printed book page 599-b ] रसास्वाद (rasāsvāda) m. ( - दः (-daḥ) ) The sense of poetical beauty. [ ID=33347 ]

## Sources

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

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