रस [ rasa ] [ rása ] m. (ifc. f ( [ ā ] ) .) the sap or juice of plants , Juice of fruit , any liquid or fluid , the best or finest or prime part of anything , essence , marrow Lit. RV.

  water , liquor , drink Lit. MBh. Lit. Kāv.

  juice of the sugar-cane , syrup Lit. Suśr.

  any mixture , draught , elixir , potion Lit. R. Lit. BhP.

  melted butter Lit. L.

  ( with or scil. [ gavām ] ) milk Lit. MBh.

  ( with or scil. [ viṣasya ] ) poison Lit. Daś. Lit. Rājat.

  nectar Lit. L.

  soup , broth Lit. L.

  a constituent fluid or essential juice of the body , serum , (esp.) the primary juice called chyle (formed from the food and changed by the bile into blood) Lit. ib.

  mercury , quicksilver (sometimes regarded as a kind of quintessence of the human body , else where as the seminal fluid of Śiva) Lit. Sarvad.

  semen virile Lit. RV. i , 105 , 2

  myrrh Lit. L.

  any mineral or metallic salt Lit. Cat.

  a metal or mineral in a state of fusion ( cf. [ upa- ] , [ mahā-r ] )

  gold Lit. L.

  Vanguieria Spinosa Lit. L.

  a species of amaranth Lit. L.

  green onion Lit. L.

  resin Lit. L.

  = [ amṛta ] Lit. L.

  taste , flavour (as the principal quality of fluids , of which there are 6 original kinds , viz. [ madhura ] , sweet ; [ amla ] , sour ; [ lavaṇa ] , salt ; [ kaṭuka ] , pungent ; [ tikta ] , bitter ; and [ kaṣāya ] , astringent ; sometimes 63 varieties are distinguished , viz. beside the 6 original ones , 15 mixtures of 2 , 20 of 3 , 15 of 4 , 6 of 5 , and 1 of 6 flavours) Lit. ŚBr.

  N. of the number " six " Lit. VarBṛS. Lit. Śrutab.

  any object of taste , condiment , sauce , spice , seasoning Lit. MBh. Lit. Kāv.

  the tongue (as the organ of taste) Lit. BhP.

  taste or inclination or fondness for (loc. with or scil. [ upari ] , or comp.) , love , affection , desire Lit. MBh. Lit. Kāv.

  charm pleasure , delight Lit. ib.

  ( in rhet.) the taste or character of a work , the feeling or sentiment prevailing in it ( from 8 to 10 Rasas are generally enumerated , viz. [ śṛṅgāra ] , love ; [ vīra ] , heroism ; [ bībhatsa ] , disgust ; [ raudra ] , anger or fury ; [ hāsya ] , mirth ; [ bhayānaka ] , terror ; [ karuṇa ] , pity ; [ adbhuta ] , wonder ; [ śānta ] , tranquillity or contentment ; [ vātsalya ] , paternal fondness ; the last or last two are sometimes omitted ; cf. under [ bhāva ] ) Lit. Bhar. Lit. Daśar. Lit. Kāvyâd.

  the prevailing sentiment in human character Lit. Uttarar. Lit. Rājat.

  (with Vaishṇavas) disposition of the heart or mind , religious sentiment ( there are 5 Rasas or Ratis forming the 5 degrees of [ bhakti ] q.v. , viz. [ śānti ] , [ dāsya ] , [ sākhya ] , [ vātsalya ] , and [ mādhurya ] ) Lit. W.

  a kind of metre Lit. Piṅg.

  N. of the sacred syllable , " Om , " Lit. ŚāṅkhGṛ.

  the son of a Nishāda and a Śanakī Lit. L.

  [ rasā ] f. see s.v.