Rasayana, Rasa-ayana, Rasāyana, Rāsāyana: 34 definitions

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Rasayana means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, the history of ancient India, Marathi, Hindi, biology. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Rasāyana (रसायन):—(rasa + a)

1) m. a) eine best. gegen Würmer angewandte Arzenei, = viḍaṅga [Medinīkoṣa Nalopākhyāna 202.] vihaṃgama Vogel st. viḍaṅga [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 4, 187.] — b) ein Alchemist [WILSON.] — c) Beiname Garuḍa’s [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] —

2) f. ī a) Kanal der Flüssigkeiten (im Körper) [Suśruta 2, 81, 3.] — b) Name verschiedener Pflanzen: guḍūcī, kākamācī, mahākarañja, gorakṣadugdhā, māṃsacchadā [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] —

3) n. eine Klasse von Mitteln, die den Organismus kräftigen, erneuern und langes Leben verleihen sollen, z. B. Soma; Alterativum, Elixir, Lebenselixir [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Hindu System of Medicine 155.] [Suśruta 2, 157. fgg. 1, 103, 1. 119, 11.] rasāyanamivarṣīṇāṃ devānāmamṛtaṃ yathā [159, 3. 213, 3.] rasāyanaṃ ca tajjñeyaṃ yajjarāvyādhināśanam [Śārṅgadhara SAṂH.1,4,13.] [Oxforder Handschriften 309,a,23. fgg. 316,b,19. 357,b,3.] [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 929 (S. 278, Śloka 48). 958. 966.] tantra heisst der betreffende Abschnitt in der Medicin [Suśruta 1, 2, 2. 17. -] [Mahābhārata 1, 6658.] [Harivaṃśa 9220.] [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 75, 12.] [Spr. 2950. fg. 4932.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 16, 20. 34. 76, 1.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 40, 52. 72.] siddha adj. [?41,11. 33. 70,43. Bhāgavatapurāṇa.5,24,13. Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 40,3. Oxforder Handschriften 26,b,12. WILSON, SĀṂKHYAK. S. 11. SARVADARŚANAS. 98,5. Scholiast zu Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 110,19. 111,18.] harabhaktirasāyanaṃ pītvā [Mahābhārata 13, 775.] karṇāmṛtāni manasaśca rasāyanāni [UTTARAR. 17, 12 (24, 2).] paramakarṇarasāyanāni [Oxforder Handschriften 215,a, No. 514.] karṇarasāyanīkṛta [146,b,4.] mitraṃ prītirasāyanaṃ nayanayoḥ [Spr. 2200.] vom ersten befruchtenden Regen in Beginn der Regenzeit: aṣṭamāsadhṛtaṃ garbhaṃ bhāskarasya gabhastibhiḥ . rasaṃ sarvadrumāṇāṃ dyauḥ prasūte rasāyanam .. [Rāmāyaṇa 4, 27, 3.] Richtet sich hier und da (vgl. pradhāna) nach dem Geschlecht des Nomens, auf welches es bezogen wird: hṛtkarṇarasāyanāḥ kathāḥ [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 25, 25.] svakīrtirna parāsūnāṃ kīrṇakarṇarasāyanā [Spr. 2411.] Nach den Lexicographen ausserdem: Buttermilch [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 409.] Gift [Medinīkoṣa] = kaṭi (langer Pfeffer?) [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] — Vgl. tāmra, bhakti, bhagavadbhakti, yoga .

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Rāsāyana (रासायन):—adj. von rasāyana [Suśruta 2, 157, 7.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Rasāyana (रसायन):——

1) *m. — a) Embelia Ribes. — b) ein Alchemist. — c) Beiname Garuḍa's. —

2) f. ā s.u. 4)a). —

3) f. ī — a) Kanal der Flüssigkeiten (im Körper.) [Carakasaṃhitā 6,21.] — b) *Solanum indicum [Rājan 4,135.] — c) *Cocculus cordifolius [Rājan 3,1.] — d) *eine Art Karañja [Rājan 9,66.] — e) *ein best. kleiner Strauch , = gorakṣadugdhā [Rājan 5,143.] — f) * = māṃsacchadā [Rājan 12,155.] —

4) n. — a) eine Klasse von Mitteln , die den Organismus kräftigen , erneuern und langes Leben verleihen sollen ; Alterativum , Elixir , Lebenselixir ; auch vom ersten befruchtenden Regen im Beginn der Regenzeit. Richtet sich hier und da nach dem Geschlecht des Nomens , auf welches es bezogen wird ; f. ā. kara Adj. ein Elixier abgebend [Rājan 13,148.] — b) *Buttermilch. — c) *Gift. — d) *langer Pfeffer.

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Rāsāyana (रासायन):—Adj. von rasāyana Elixir.

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