The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

(see Childers s. v. na&ya -- rasa) Miln 340 (with opamma and lakkha*a: perhaps to No. 7); PvA 122 (˚rasa
as ending in Np. Ang"rasa, expld as jutiy! adhivacana', " i. e. brightness, excellency). -- 7. at t. t. in
philosophy "essential property" (Expos. 84), combd with lakkha*a etc. (cp. Cpd. 13, 213), either kicca˚
function or sampatti˚ property DhsA 63, 249; Vism 8, 448; Miln 148. -- 8. fine substance, semi -- solid
semiliquid substance, extract, delicacy, fineness, dust. Thus in pa&hav"˚ "essence of earth," humus S i.134
(trsln "taste of earth," rather abstract); or rasapa&hav" earth as dust or in great fineness, "primitive earth"
(before taking solid shape) D iii.86 sq. (trsl. "savoury earth," not quite clear), opp. to bh(mipappa&aka;
Vism 418; pabbata -- rasa mountain extract, rock -- substance J iii.55; suva**a˚ gold dust J i.93. 9. (adj.
-- ˚) tasting Vv 1611 (Amataras! f.=nibb!naras!vin" VvA 85). -- agga finest quality (of taste), only in
further compn with ˚aggita (ras -- agga -- s -- aggita) most delicate sense trsln Dial.) D iii.167, and ˚aggin
(ras -- agga -- s -- aggin, cp. MVastu ii.306: rasa -- ras' âgrin) of the best quality (of taste, cp. above 2), said
of the Mah!purisa D ii.18= iii.144 (cp. trsln Dial. ii.15 "his taste is supremely acute"). The phrase & its
wording are still a little doubtful. Childers gives etym. of rasaggas -- aggin as rasa -- ggas -- aggin, ggas
representing gras to swallow (not otherwise found in P!li!), and expls the BSk. ras'âgrin as a distortion of
the P. form. -- añjana a sort of ointment (among 5 kinds), "vitriol" (Rh. D.) Vin i.203. -- âda enjoying the
objects of taste M iii.168. -- !yatana the sphere of taste D iii.243, 290; Dhs 629, 653, 1195 (insert after
gandha˚, see Dhs. trsl. 319). -- !ramma*a object of taste Dhs 12, 147, 157. -- !s! craving for tastes Dhs
1059. -- garuka bent on enjoyment SnA 107. -- ta*h! thirst for taste, lust of sensual enjoyment D iii.244,
280; J v.293; Dhs 1059; DhA iv.196. -- saññ! perception of tastes D iii.244 (where also ˚sañcetan!). --
hara*" (f.) [ph. ˚hara*iyo, in compn hara*i˚] taste -- conductor, taste -- receiver; the salivary canals of the
mouth or the nerves of sensation; these are in later literature given as numbering 7000, e. g. at J v.293
(khobhetv! phari); DhA i.134 (anuphari); KhA 51 (only as 7!); SnA 107 (pa&hama -- kaba)e mukhe
pakkhitta -- matte satta rasa -- hara*i -- sahass!ni amaten' eva phut!ni ahesu'). Older passages are: Vin
ii.137; D iii.167 (referring to the Mah!purisa: "sampajjas! r -- haran" susa*&hit!," trsln: erect taste -- bearers
planted well [in throat]).
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Rasa
Rasa2 ( -- ˚) is a dial. form of ˚dasa ten, and occurs in Classic P!li only in the numerals for 13 (terasa), 15
(pa**a -- rasa, pannarasa), 17 (sattarasa) & 18 (a&&h!rasa, late). The Prk. has gone further: see Pischel, Prk.
Gr. § 245.
Rasaka
Rasaka [fr. rasa, cp. Classic Sk. rasaka] a cook J v.460, 461, 507.
Rasati
Rasati [ras] to shout, howl J ii.407 (vv. ll. rayati, vasati; C. expls as "nadati")=iv.346 (v. l. sarati).
Rasatta
Rasatta (nt.) [fr. rasa] taste, sweetness SnA 299.
Rasavat"
Rasavat" (f.) [rasa+vant] "possessing flavours" i. e. a kitchen Vin i.140.
Ras!vin
Ras!vin (adj. [fr. rasa] tasting VvA 85 (nibb!na˚).