रसा

See also: रूस, रीस, रूसी, रुसी, रस्, and रस

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• rasā (Latin script)
• 𑀭𑀲𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• রসা (Bengali script)
• රසා (Sinhalese script)
• ရသာ or ရသႃ (Burmese script)
• รสา or ระสา (Thai script)
• ᩁᩈᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ຣສາ or ຣະສາ (Lao script)
• រសា (Khmer script)
• 𑄢𑄥𑄂 (Chakma script)

Noun

रसा (rasā)

1. Devanagari script form of rasā, which is inflection of रस:
   1. ablative singular
   2. nominative/vocative plural (rasa, “taste”)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৰসা (Assamese script)
• ᬭᬲᬵ (Balinese script)
• রসা (Bengali script)
• 𑰨𑰭𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀭𑀲𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ရသာ (Burmese script)
• રસા (Gujarati script)
• ਰਸਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌰𑌸𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦫꦱꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂩𑂮𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ರಸಾ (Kannada script)
• រសា (Khmer script)
• ຣສາ (Lao script)
• രസാ (Malayalam script)
• ᡵᠠᠰ᠌ᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘨𑘭𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠷᠠᠰᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧈𑧍𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐬𑐳𑐵 (Newa script)
• ରସା (Odia script)
• ꢬꢱꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆫𑆱𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖨𑖭𑖯 (Siddham script)
• රසා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩼𑪁𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚤𑚨𑚭 (Takri script)
• ரஸா (Tamil script)
• రసా (Telugu script)
• รสา (Thai script)
• ར་སཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒩𑒮𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨫𑨰𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁rṓsder.

Proto-Indo-Iranian *HrasáH

Sanskrit रसा (rasā)

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *HrasáH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HrasáH, thematicized from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rṓs (“moisture, dew”), *h₁res- (it is possible that the root noun still existed in Proto-Indo-Iranian as the source of further thematicizations). Cognate with Avestan 𐬭𐬀𐬢𐬵𐬁 (raŋhā), Ancient Greek Ῥᾶ (Rhâ, “Volga”) (borrowed from Scythian), Latin rōs, Lithuanian rasà. Compare रस m (rása).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɾɐ.sɑ́ː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɾɐ.s̪ɑː/

Noun

रसा • (rasā́) stem, f

1. moisture, humidity

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of रसा

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	रसा (rasā́)	रसे (rasé)	रसाः (rasā́ḥ)
accusative	रसाम् (rasā́m)	रसे (rasé)	रसाः (rasā́ḥ)
instrumental	रसया (rasáyā) रसा¹ (rasā́¹)	रसाभ्याम् (rasā́bhyām)	रसाभिः (rasā́bhiḥ)
dative	रसायै (rasā́yai)	रसाभ्याम् (rasā́bhyām)	रसाभ्यः (rasā́bhyaḥ)
ablative	रसायाः (rasā́yāḥ) रसायै² (rasā́yai²)	रसाभ्याम् (rasā́bhyām)	रसाभ्यः (rasā́bhyaḥ)
genitive	रसायाः (rasā́yāḥ) रसायै² (rasā́yai²)	रसयोः (rasáyoḥ)	रसानाम् (rasā́nām)
locative	रसायाम् (rasā́yām)	रसयोः (rasáyoḥ)	रसासु (rasā́su)
vocative	रसे (ráse)	रसे (ráse)	रसाः (rásāḥ)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Brāhmaṇas

Derived terms

• रस (rasa)
• रसयति (rasayati)
• रसाय्य (rasā́yya)
• रस् (ras)

Proper noun

रसा • (rasā́) stem, f

1. Rasa, a western tributary of the Indus river
2. (mythology) a mythical, divine, primordial river or sea which is said to encircle the world (or underworld) and the skies
   1. (Vedic, possibly originally) the Volga ^?

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of रसा

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	रसा (rasā́)	रसे (rasé)	रसाः (rasā́ḥ)
accusative	रसाम् (rasā́m)	रसे (rasé)	रसाः (rasā́ḥ)
instrumental	रसया (rasáyā) रसा¹ (rasā́¹)	रसाभ्याम् (rasā́bhyām)	रसाभिः (rasā́bhiḥ)
dative	रसायै (rasā́yai)	रसाभ्याम् (rasā́bhyām)	रसाभ्यः (rasā́bhyaḥ)
ablative	रसायाः (rasā́yāḥ) रसायै² (rasā́yai²)	रसाभ्याम् (rasā́bhyām)	रसाभ्यः (rasā́bhyaḥ)
genitive	रसायाः (rasā́yāḥ) रसायै² (rasā́yai²)	रसयोः (rasáyoḥ)	रसानाम् (rasā́nām)
locative	रसायाम् (rasā́yām)	रसयोः (rasáyoḥ)	रसासु (rasā́su)
vocative	रसे (ráse)	रसे (ráse)	रसाः (rásāḥ)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Brāhmaṇas

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899), “Rasā́”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0870, column 3.
• Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, pages 158–159: “DEW”
• Rasā on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Related to Etymology 1, see there.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɾɐ́.sɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɾɐ.s̪ɑː/

Noun

रसा • (rásā) stem, f

1. synonym of रस (rása), found as a member in compounds

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of रसा

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	रसा (rásā)	रसे (ráse)	रसाः (rásāḥ)
accusative	रसाम् (rásām)	रसे (ráse)	रसाः (rásāḥ)
instrumental	रसया (rásayā) रसा¹ (rásā¹)	रसाभ्याम् (rásābhyām)	रसाभिः (rásābhiḥ)
dative	रसायै (rásāyai)	रसाभ्याम् (rásābhyām)	रसाभ्यः (rásābhyaḥ)
ablative	रसायाः (rásāyāḥ) रसायै² (rásāyai²)	रसाभ्याम् (rásābhyām)	रसाभ्यः (rásābhyaḥ)
genitive	रसायाः (rásāyāḥ) रसायै² (rásāyai²)	रसयोः (rásayoḥ)	रसानाम् (rásānām)
locative	रसायाम् (rásāyām)	रसयोः (rásayoḥ)	रसासु (rásāsu)
vocative	रसे (ráse)	रसे (ráse)	रसाः (rásāḥ)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Brāhmaṇas

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899), “रस 2. ras”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0869, column 2.