रस [रस्-अच्]
1 Sap, juice (of trees); इक्षुरसः, कुसुमरसः &c.
2 A liquid, fluid; Ku. 1. 7.
3 Water; सहस्रगुणमुत्स्रष्टुमादत्ते हिरसं रविः 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; कटु, अम्ल, मधुर, लवण, तिक्त and कवाय); परायत्तः प्रीतेः कथमिव रसं वेत्तुपुरुषः 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; इष्टे वस्तुन्युपचि- तरसाः प्रेमराशीभवंति Me. 112.
10 Love, affection; जरसा यस्मिन्नहार्यो रसः U. 1. 39; प्रसरति रसो निर्वृतिघनः 6. 11 ‘a feeling of love’; रमादृते 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; नवरसरुचिरां निर्मितिमादधती भारती कवे- र्जयति K. P. 1. (The rasas are usually eight: −शृंगारहास्यकरुणरौद्रवीरभयान- काः । बीभत्साद्भुतसंज्ञौ चेत्यष्टौ नाट्यं रसाः स्मृ- ताः, but sometimes शांतरस is added thus making the total number 9; निर्वेदस्थायिभावोस्ति शांतोपि नवमो रसः K. P. 4; sometimes a tenth, वात्सल्य- रस, 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; वाक्यं रसात्म- कं काव्यं 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 तीक्ष्णरसदायिनः
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.
−अंजनं vitriol of copper, a sort of collyrium.
−अधिक a. 1. tasty, −2. abounding in pleasures, splendid; S. 7. 20. (
−कः) borax.
−अंतरं 1. a different taste. −2. different feelings or sentiments.
−अभिनिवेशः intentness of affection.
−अम्लः 1. a kind of sorrel. −2. sour sauce.
−अयनं 1. an elixir of life (elixir vitæ), any medicine supposed to prolong life and prevent old age; निखिलरसायनम- हितो गंधेनोग्रेण लशुन इव R. G. −2. (fig.) serving as an elixir vitæ, i. e. that which gratifies or regales; आनंदनानि हृदयैकरसयनानि Māl. 6. 8; मनसश्च रसायनानि U. 1. 37; श्रोत्रº, कर्णº &c. −3. alchemy or chemistry. −4. any medicinal compound. −5. butter-milk. −6. poison. −7. long pepper. (
−नः) 1. an alchemist. −2. N. of Garuḍa. ºश्रेष्ठः mercury. (
−नी f.) 1. a channel for the fluids of the body. −2. N. of several plants: −गुडू- ची, काकमाची, महाकरंज, गोरक्षदुग्धा, and मांसच्छदा.
−आत्मक a. 1. consisting of juice or sentiment. −2. elegant, beautiful. −3. having taste or flavour. −4. ambrosial; Ku. 5. 22. −5. fluid, liquid. -आदानं absorption of fluid, suction.
−आधारः the sun
−आभासः 1. the semblance or mere appearance of a sentiment. −2. an improper manifestation of a sentiment.
−आश्रय a. embodying or representing sentiments.
−आस्वादः 1. tasting juices or flavours. −2. perception or appreciation of poetic sentiments, a perception of poetical charm; as in काव्यमृतरसास्वादः. −आ- स्वादिन् m. a bee.
−आह्वः turpentine.
−इंद्रः 1. mercury. −2. the philosopher's stone (the touch of which is said to turn iron into gold). −उत्त- मं milk.
−उद्भवं 1. a pearl. −2. vermilion.
−उपलं a pearl.
−ऊतं garlic.
−कर्पूरं sublimate of mercury. −क- र्मन् n. preparation of quicksilver.
−केसरं camphor. −गंधः −धं gummyrrh.
−गंधकः 1. myrrh. −2. sulphur.
−गर्मं 1. = रसांजन. −2. vermilion.
−ग्रह a. 1. perceiving flavours. −2. appreciating or enjoying pleasures. (
−हः) the organ of taste.
−घ्नः borax.
−जः 1. sugar, molasses. −2. an insect produced by the fermentation of liquids.
−जं blood.
−ज्ञ a. 1. one who appreciates the flavour or excellence of, one who knows the taste of; सांसारिकेषु च सुखेषु वयं रसज्ञाः U. 2. 22. −2. capable of dis cerning the beauty of things. (
−ज्ञः) 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. (
−ज्ञा) the tongue; Bv. 2. 59. (रसज्ञता-त्वं means 1. poetical skill. −2. alchemy. −3. knowledge of flavours. −4. discrimination).
−ज्येष्ठः 1. the sweet taste. −2. the love sentiment.
−तेजस् n. blood.
−दः a physician.
−धातु n. quicksilver.
−नाथः mercury.
−नायकः N. of Śiva.
−नेत्रिका red arsenic.
−पाकजः molasses.
−पाचकः a cook.
−प्रबंधः any poetical composition, particularly a drama.
−फलः the cocoa-nut tree.
−भंगः the interruption or cessation of a sentiment.
−भवं blood.
−भस्मन् n. oxide of mercury.
−मलं impure excretions.
−मातृका the tongue. −यो- गः juices mixed scientifically. −राजः,
−लोहः 1. = रसांजन. −2. quick-silver.
−विक्रयः sale of liquors.
−शास्त्रं the science of alchemy.
−शोधनः borax. (
−नं) purification of mercury.
−सिद्ध a. 1. accomplished in poetry, conversant with sentiments; जयंति ते सुकृतितः रससिद्धाः कवीश्वराः Bh. 2. 24. −2. skilled in alchemy.
−सिद्धिः f. skill in alchemy.
−सिंदूरं a cinnabar made of zinc, mercury, blue vitriel, and nitre.
−स्थानं vermilion.