rasanā रसना – tongue

Original text · German · substantive feminine

rasanā f. oft fehlerhaft für 1. raśanā.

Original text · English · substantive feminine

raśanā, rasanā [aś-yuc raśādeśaḥ cf. Uṇ. 2. 75] 1 A rope, cord. 2 A rein, bridle. 3 A zone, girdle, woman's girdle; rasatu rasanāpi tava ghanajaghanamaṃḍale ghoṣayatu manmathanideśaṃ Gīt. 10; R. 7. 10, R. 8. 58; Me. 35. 4 The tongue; Bv. 1. 111. Comp. — upamā a variety of the figure upamā; it is ‘a string or series’ of comparisons’ which consists in making the Upameya in the first comparison the Upamāna in the second, and so forth; see S. D. 664. — guṇaḥ the cord of a girdle.

Original text · English · substantive feminine

rasanā See raśanā. Comp. — radaḥ a bird. — lih m. a dog.