rasaH [ ras-ac ] 1 Sap, juice (of trees); ikzurasaH, kusumarasaH &c. 2 A liquid, fluid; Ku. 1. 7. 3 Water; sahasraguRamutsrazwumAdatte hirasaM raviH R. 1. 18 ; Bv. 2. 144. 4 Liquor, drink; Ms. 2. 177. 5 A draught, potion. 6 Taste, flavour, relish ( fig. also) (considered in Vaiś. phil. as one of the 24 guṇas; the rasas are six; kawu, amla, maDura, lavaRa, tikta and kavAya ); parAyattaH prIteH kaTamiva rasaM vettupuruzaH Mu. 3. 4 ; U. 2. 2. 7 A sauce, condiment. 8 An object of taste; R. 3. 4. 9 Taste or inclination for a thing, liking, desire; izwe vastunyupacitarasAH premarASIBavaMti Me. 112. 10 Love, affection; jarasA yasminnahAryo rasaH U. 1. 39 ; prasarati raso nirvftiGanaH ( pb ) 6. 11 ‘a feeling of love’; ramAdfte V. 2. 21 ; Ku. 3. 37. 11 Pleasure, delight, happiness; R. 3. 26. 12 Charm, interest, elegance, beauty. 13 Pathos, emotion, feeling. 14 (In poetic compositions) A sentiment; navarasarucirAM nirmitimAdaDatI BAratI kaverjayati K. P. 1. (The rasas are usually eight: - SfMgArahAsyakaruRarOdravIraBayAnakAH . bIBatsAdButasaMjYO cetyazwO nAwyaM rasAH smftAH , but sometimes SAMtarasa is added thus making the total number 9; nirvedasTAyiBAvosti SAMtopi navamo rasaH K. P. 4 ; sometimes a tenth, vAtsalyarasa , is also added. Rasas are more or less a necessary factor of every poetic composition, but, according to Viśvanātha, they constitute the very essence of poetry; vAkyaM rasAtmakaM kAvyaM S. D. 3. ). 15 Essence, pith, best part. 16 A constituent fluid of the body. 17 Semen virile. 18 Mercury. 19 A poison, poisonous drink; as in tIkzRarasadAyinaH 20 Any mineral metallic salt. 21 Juice of the sugar-cane. 22 Milk. 23 Melted butter. 24 Nectar. 25 Soup, broth. 26 A symbolical expression for the number ‘six’. 27 The tongue. 28 Myrrh. 29 Gold. 30 A metal in a state of fusion Comp. — aMjanaM vitriol of copper, a sort of collyrium. — aDika a. 1 tasty, 2 abounding in pleasures, splendid; Ś. 7. 20. — (kaH) borax. — aMtaraM 1 a different taste. 2 different feelings or sentiments. — aBiniveSaH intentness of affection. — amlaH 1 a kind of sorrel. 2 sour sauce. — ayanaM 1 an elixir of life (elixir vitæ), any medicine supposed to prolong life and prevent old age; niKilarasAyanamahito gaMDenogreRa laSuna iva R. G. 2 ( fig. ) serving as an elixir vitæ, i. e. that which gratifies or regales; AnaMdanAni hfdayEkarasayanAni Māl. 6. 8 ; manasaSca rasAyanAni U. 1. 37 ; Srotra° , karRa° &c. 3 alchemy or chemistry. 4 any medicinal compound. 5 butter-milk. 6 poison. 7 long pepper. — (naH) 1 an alchemist. 2 N. of Garuḍa. °SrezWaH mercury. ( — nI f. ) 1 a channel for the fluids of the body. 2 N. of several plants: - guqUcI, kAkamAcI, mahAkaraMja, gorakzadugDA , and mAMsacCadA . — Atmaka a. 1 consisting of juice or sentiment. 2 elegant, beautiful. 3 having taste or flavour. 4 ambrosial; Ku. 5. 22. 5 ( pb ) fluid, liquid. — AdAnaM absorption of fluid, suction. — ADAraH the sun — ABAsaH 1 the semblance or mere appearance of a sentiment. 2 an improper manifestation of a sentiment. — ASraya a. embodying or representing sentiments. — AsvAdaH 1 tasting juices or flavours. 2 perception or appreciation of poetic sentiments, a perception of poetical charm; as in kAvyamftarasAsvAdaH . — AsvAdin m. a bee. — AhvaH turpentine. — iMdraH 1 mercury. 2 the philosopher's stone (the touch of which is said to turn iron into gold). — uttamaM milk. — udBavaM 1 a pearl. 2 vermilion. — upalaM a pearl. — UtaM garlic. — karpUraM sublimate of mercury. — karman n. preparation of quicksilver. — kesaraM camphor. — gaMDaH -DaM gummyrrh. — gaMDakaH 1 myrrh. 2 sulphur. — garmaM 1 = rasAMjana . 2 vermilion. — graha a. 1 perceiving flavours. 2 appreciating or enjoying pleasures. — (haH) the organ of taste. — GnaH borax. — jaH 1 sugar, molasses. 2 an insect produced by the fermentation of liquids. — jaM blood. — jYa a. 1 one who appreciates the flavour or excellence of, one who knows the taste of; sAMsArikezu ca suKezu vayaM rasajYAH U. 2. 22. 2 capable of discerning the beauty of things. — (jYaH) 1 a man of taste or feeling, a critic, an appreciative person, a poet. 2 an alchemist. 3 a physician, or one who prepares mercurial or other chemical compounds. — (jYA) the tongue; Bv. 2. 59. ( rasajYatA-tvaM means 1 poetical skill. 2 alchemy. 3 knowledge of flavours. 4 discrimination). — jyezWaH 1 the sweet taste. 2 the love sentiment. — tejas n. blood. — daH a physician. — DAtu n. quicksilver. — nATaH mercury. — nAyakaH N. of Śiva. — netrikA red arsenic. — pAkajaH molasses. — pAcakaH a cook. — prabaMDaH any poetical composition, particularly a drama. — PalaH the cocoa-nut tree. — BaMgaH the interruption or cessation of a sentiment. — BavaM blood. — Basman n. oxide of mercury. — malaM impure excretions. — mAtfkA the tongue. — yogaH juices mixed scientifically. — rAjaH , — lohaH 1 = rasAMjana . 2 quick-silver. — vikrayaH sale of liquors. — SAstraM the science of alchemy. — SoDanaH borax. — (naM) purification of mercury. — sidDa a. 1 accomplished in ( pb ) poetry, c...