रसायन (rasāyana) is a Sanskrit word meaning a drug used as a vermifuge, an alchemist, name of Garuda, a bodily fluid channel, name of various plants, an elixir to prevent old age and prolong life. Its 16 recorded definitions are grouped into 8 contexts, among them Elixir / Rejuvenating Medicine, Specific Plants / Plant-based Drugs, Alchemist.
Etymology
E. रस juice, quicksilver, &c., and अयन a road, a going, &c
(H3B) [Printed book page 870,3] रसा (rasā)यन (yana)n. (sometimes following the gender of the word to which it refers) a medicine supposed to prevent old age and prolong life, an elixir, elixir vitae (also applied to the first fructifying rains), MBh.; Kāv. &c. [ID=175768]
1. Alchemy or chemistry. 2. The medical use of mercury. 3. A medicine that prevents aging and prolongs life. 4. Poison. 5. Butter-milk. 6. Garuda. 7. An anthelmintic drug. 8. An alchemist. 9. A vessel conveying nutrition or a lacteal.
रस (rasa)ायन (rasāyana) [Printed book page 698] रस (rasa)ायन (rasāyana) n. (-नं (-naṃ))
1 Alchymy, chemistry.
2 The employment of mercury in medicine.
3 A medicine preventing old age, and prolonging life, the Elixir Vitœ of the alchymists.
4 Poison.
5 Butter-milk. m. (-नः (-naḥ))
1 GARUḌA.
2 An anthelmintic drug commonly Vireng, (Embelia ribes?)
3 An alchymist. f. (-नी (-nī)) A vessel conveying nutrition, a lacteal, an absorbent.
E. रस (rasa) juice, quicksilver, &c., and अयन (ayana) a road, a going, &c.
[ID=32028]
— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Chemistry, alchemy, poison, elixir of life, or buttermilk. 2. Garuda, an alchymist, or a drug. 3. A lacteal.
रसायन (rasāyana) [Printed book page 624-b] रसायन (rasāyana)(नं) ((naṃ)) 1. n. Chemistry, alchymy; poison; Elixir vitæ; buttermilk. m. Garuda; an alchymist; a drug. f. (नी (nī)) A lacteal. [ID=31593]
— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. A life-prolonging medicine or elixir. 2. Alchemy or chemistry.
रसायन (rasāyana) [Printed book page 607-02] रस-अयन (rasa-ayana)n. 1. a medicine prolonging life, an elixir vitæ, कर्णामृतानि मनसश्च रसायन (rasāyana)ानि (karṇāmṛtāni manasaśca rasāyanāni)Ut. i.; 2. alchemy, chemistry. [ID=31874]
— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Alchemy or chemistry. 2. The medical use of mercury. 3. A medicine that prevents aging and prolongs life. 4. Poison. 5. Butter-milk. 6. Garuda. 7. An anthelmintic drug, Embelia ribes. 8. An alchemist. 9. A vessel conveying nutrition or an absorbent.
रस (rasa)ायन (rasāyana) [Printed book page 599-b] रस (rasa)ायन (rasāyana)
n. (-नं (-naṃ))
1. Alchemy, chemistry.
2. The employment of mercury in medicine.
3. A medicine preventing old age, and prolonging life, the Elixir Vitæ of the alchemists.
4. Poison.
5. Butter-milk. m. (-नः (-naḥ))
1. GARUDĀ.
2. An anthelmintic drug commonly Biranga, (Embelia ribes.)
2. An alchemist.
f. (-नी (-nī)) A vessel conveying nutrition, a lacteal, an absorbent.
E. रस (rasa) juice, quicksilver, &c., अयन (ayana) a road, a going, &c.
[ID=33342]
— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Buttermilk. 2. Poison. 3. An elixir or medicine that prevents old age and prolongs life. 4. A general remedy. 5. Alchemy or chemistry. 6. An alchemist. 7. Garuda. 8. A vessel conveying nutrition.
रसायन (rasāyana) [Printed book page 0763-a] रसायन (rasāyana)rasāyana, perhaps rasa-a-
yana,I. n. 1. Buttermilk. 2. Poison.
3. A medicine preventing old age and
prolonging life, Pañc. ii. d. 80; elixir,
Hit. i. d. 209, M.M. (prīti-, Elixir-like
joy). 4. Medicine, a remedy,
Utt. Rāmac. 24, 2. 5. Alchymy, chemistry.
II.m.1. An alchymist. 2. Garuḍa.
III.f.nī, A vessel conveying nutrition.
[ID=12017]
— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary
medicine for prolonging life or an elixir
रसायन (rasāyana) [Printed book page 445] रसायन (rasāyana)n. medicine for prolonging life, an elixir. [ID=26691]
— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Specific Plants / Plant-based Drugs
3 definitions3
A drug used as a vermifuge
(H3) [Printed book page 870,2] रसा (rasā)यन (yana)m. a partic. drug used as a vermifuge (Embelia Ribes), L. [ID=175763]
N. of various plants (Solanum Indicum; Cocculus Cordifolius; a species of Karañja ; = गोरक्ष-दुग्धा (gorakṣa-dugdhā); = मांस-च्छदा (māṃsa-cchadā) &c.), L. [ID=175767]
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Definitions on this page come from 7 works:
Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.
