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Rasaraja, 鲹Ჹ, Rasa-raja: 12 definitions

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Rasaraja means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

鲹Ჹ (रसरा�).—One of the eight saubhāgyams.*

  • * Matsya-purāṇa 60. 8, 28.
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The Purana (पुरा�, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

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Ayurveda (science of life)

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Rasashastra (Alchemy and Herbo-Mineral preparations)

Source: Wisdom Library: Rasa-śāstra

鲹Ჹ (रसरा�) is the name of an Ayurvedic recipe defined in the fourth volume of the Rasajalanidhi (chapter 2, dealing with jvara: fever). These remedies are classified as Iatrochemistry and form part of the ancient Indian science known as Rasaśāstra (medical alchemy). However, as an ayurveda treatment, it should be taken twith caution and in accordance with rules laid down in the texts.

Accordingly, when using such recipes (e.g., Ჹ-): “the minerals (uparasa), poisons (ṣa), and other drugs (except herbs), referred to as ingredients of medicines, are to be duly purified and incinerated, as the case may be, in accordance with the processes laid out in the texts.� (see introduction to Iatro chemical medicines)

Kalpa (Formulas, Drug prescriptions and other Medicinal preparations)

: Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts: Volume 12 (1898) (ay)

1) 鲹Ჹ (रसरा�) or 鲹Ჹrasa refers to one of the topics discussed in the Ѳܳī, a Sanskrit manuscript ascribed to Nṛsiṃha KaviᲹ collected in volume 12 of the catalogue “Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (second series)� by Mahamahopadhyaya Haraprasad Shastri.—The Ѳܳī manuscript, consisting of 5,586 śǰ첹 (metrical verses), is housed in Dhaka with Babu Bhagavancandra Dasa Kaviraja. It seemingly addresses topics related to Medicinal, Herbal, and Iatrochemical preparations. The catalogue includes the term 鲹Ჹ-rasa in its ‘subject-matter list� or Viṣaya (which lists topics, chapters and technical terms). The complete entry reads�Ჹ첹ٳ󲹲Բ.

2) 鲹Ჹ (रसरा�) refers to one of the topics discussed in the 鲹첹ܻܳī.—The 鲹첹ܻܳī by Mādhavakara represents a treatise on practice of medicine and therapeutics. It is a leading work on Hindu medicine, very largely studied in Bengal containing causes and symptoms of diseases. It contains 3,092 śǰ첹.—The complete entry reads: Ჹ�.

Unclassified Ayurveda definitions

: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of terms

鲹Ჹ (रसरा�):—Mercury � one of the synonym of mercury

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

鲹Ჹ (रसरा�).�

1) = रसाञ्ज� (ñᲹԲ).

2) quick-silver.

Derivable forms: Ჹ� (रसराजः).

鲹Ჹ is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms rasa and (रा�). See also (synonyms): rasaloha.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

鲹Ჹ (रसरा�).—m.

(-Ჹ�) Quicksilver. E. rasa a mineral, sovereign.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) 鲹Ჹ (रसरा�) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—med. . 32.

2) 鲹Ჹ (रसरा�):—med. Rgb. 938.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) 鲹Ჹ (रसरा�):—[=rasa-Ჹ] [from rasa > ras] m. = , [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] = ñᲹԲ, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) [v.s. ...] Name of [work] on medicine

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

鲹Ჹ (रसरा�):—[rasa-Ჹ] (Ჹ�) 1. m. Quicksilver.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Nepali dictionary

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: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

鲹Ჹ (रसरा�):—n. 1. poetics. the principal rasa: the amatory (sringar); 2. mercury;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

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