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rasaṁ

rasa

accusative singular masculine of rasa (m.)

  1. taste, flavor
  2. essence, juice
  3. aesthetic sentiment or mood
  4. emotion, feeling

Analysis. Simple word; no morphological breakdown.

Etymology. From Indo-European *ers- 'flow, seep'; cognate with Latin ros 'dew', Old Norse ras 'running water', and Greek ρέω (rheō) 'flow'. The concrete sense of juice (what flows from a thing) underlies the abstract meanings of taste, essence, and emotional tone.

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

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