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rasānaṁ

rasa

genitive plural of rasa (m.)

1. taste, flavour
2. feeling, emotion
3. aesthetic emotion or mood (in drama and poetry)
4. essence, juice

Etymology. From PIE *ers- 'to flow, run'; cognate with Latin ros 'dew', English resin. The sense flows from the concrete image of liquid flowing and tasting to the abstract emotional resonance that 'flavours' experience.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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