1. رَسَ-
rasa- m. Pflanzensaft, Saft, Flüssigkeit, Seim, Essenz, Mark {RV +), a-rasd- saftlos, kraftios (RV +; Br + a-lasa-, AV alasa°, n 1126), rasayya- kräftig, seimig (RV 9,97,14; AiGr II 2,286), räsavant- safig (RV +), rasin- dss. (RV, YV); rasa- f. ein 442 rasä- - RÄ' mythischer Strom am Ende der Welt, ein Nebenfluß des Indus (RV [wohl nicht appellativisch “Flut, Naß’] u.a., ZimmerAiL 15f., MK II 209, Lüders, Varuna … — [Mayrhofer, s.v. rasa-, p. 469]
2. رَسَ
taste, flavour (as the principal quality of fluids, of which there are 6 original kinds, viz. madhura, sweet; amla, sour; lavaṇa, salt; kaṭuka, pungent; tikta, bitter; and kaṣāya, astringent; sometimes 63 varieties are distinguished, viz. beside the 6 original ones, 15 mixtures of 2, 20 of 3, 15 of 4, 6 of 5, and 1 of 6 flavours), ŚBr. &c. &c.
3. رَسَ
(in rhet. ) the taste or character of a work, the feeling or sentiment prevailing in it (from 8 to 10 Rasa s are generally enumerated, viz. śṛṅgāra, love; vīra, heroism; bībhatsa, disgust; raudra, anger or fury; hāsya, mirth; bhayānaka, terror; karuṇa, pity; adbhuta, wonder; śānta, tranquillity or contentment; vātsalya, paternal fondness; the last or last two are sometimes omitted; cf. under bhāva), Bhar. ; Daśar. ; Kāvyād. &c.
4. رَسَ
(with Vaiṣṇava s) disposition of the heart or mind, religious sentiment (there are 5 Rasa s or Rati s forming the 5 degrees of bhakti, q.v. , viz. śānti, dāsya, sākhya, vātsalya, and mādhurya), W.