रसा

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

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 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

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *HrásaH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HrásaH, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁róseh₂. Cognate with Latin rōs, Lithuanian rasà.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

रसा • (rasā́) stem, f

1. moisture, humidity

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of रसा (rasā́)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	रसा rasā́	रसे rasé	रसाः rasā́ḥ
Vocative	रसे ráse	रसे ráse	रसाः rásāḥ
Accusative	रसाम् rasā́m	रसे rasé	रसाः rasā́ḥ
Instrumental	रसया / रसा¹ rasáyā / rasā́¹	रसाभ्याम् rasā́bhyām	रसाभिः rasā́bhiḥ
Dative	रसायै rasā́yai	रसाभ्याम् rasā́bhyām	रसाभ्यः rasā́bhyaḥ
Ablative	रसायाः / रसायै² rasā́yāḥ / rasā́yai²	रसाभ्याम् rasā́bhyām	रसाभ्यः rasā́bhyaḥ
Genitive	रसायाः / रसायै² rasā́yāḥ / rasā́yai²	रसयोः rasáyoḥ	रसानाम् rasā́nām
Locative	रसायाम् rasā́yām	रसयोः rasáyoḥ	रसासु rasā́su
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Proper noun

रसा • (rásā) stem, f

1. Rasa, a western tributary of the Indus river
2. the Volga (?)

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of रसा (rásā)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	रसा rásā	रसे ráse	रसाः rásāḥ
Vocative	रसे ráse	रसे ráse	रसाः rásāḥ
Accusative	रसाम् rásām	रसे ráse	रसाः rásāḥ
Instrumental	रसया / रसा¹ rásayā / rásā¹	रसाभ्याम् rásābhyām	रसाभिः rásābhiḥ
Dative	रसायै rásāyai	रसाभ्याम् rásābhyām	रसाभ्यः rásābhyaḥ
Ablative	रसायाः / रसायै² rásāyāḥ / rásāyai²	रसाभ्याम् rásābhyām	रसाभ्यः rásābhyaḥ
Genitive	रसायाः / रसायै² rásāyāḥ / rásāyai²	रसयोः rásayoḥ	रसानाम् rásānām
Locative	रसायाम् rásāyām	रसयोः rásayoḥ	रसासु rásāsu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “रसा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0870.