Pāli Dictionary

rasa

rasrootasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

ras1taste

doctrine

  • taste; flavour; taste-object (sense sphere)

  • Ud 5.5

    seyyathā'pi, bhikkhave, mahāsamuddo ekaraso loṇaraso, evam'eva kho, bhikkhave, ayaṃ dhammavinayo ekaraso vimuttiraso

  • DN 26

    dasavass'āyukesu, bhikkhave, manussesu imāni rasāni antaradhāyissanti, seyyath'idaṃ, sappi navanītaṃ telaṃ madhu phāṇitaṃ loṇaṃ.

  • essential function; property; characteristic (in Abhidhamma, as kicca or sampatti)

general

  • juice; liquid; sap; extract; fine substance

  • Dhp 49

    yathā'pi bhamaro pupphaṃ, vaṇṇagandham'aheṭhayaṃ, paleti rasam'ādāya, evaṃ gāme munī care.

  • Dhp 205

    pavivekarasaṃ pitvā, rasaṃ upasamassa ca, niddaro hoti nippāpo, dhammapītirasaṃ pivaṃ.

  • quicksilver; mercury

ethics

  • pleasure; enjoyment; sensual delight; relish

rasas

rasrootassuffix

via inflected form rasā · nominative plural / ablative singular / vocative singular · plural

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

ras1taste

general

  • taste; flavour

  • AN 4.57

    susaṅkhataṃ bhojanaṃ yā dadāti, suciṃ paṇītaṃ rasasā upetaṃ, sā dakkhiṇā ujjugatesu dinnā, caraṇ'ūpapannesu mahaggatesu, puññena puññaṃ saṃsandamānā, mahapphalā lokavidūna vaṇṇitā.

rasati

rasrootasuffixtisuffix

via inflected form rasa · 2nd person·imperative singular

Part of speech

verb

Root

ras1taste

general

  • to sound; to cry out; to roar

  • to taste; to relish; to enjoy

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