Rasaraja, Rasarāja, Rasa-raja: 10 definitions
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Rasaraja means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexRasarāja (रसराज).—One of the eight saubhāgyams.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 60. 8, 28.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Rasashastra (Alchemy and Herbo-Mineral preparations)
Source: Wisdom Library: Rasa-śāstraRasarāja (रसराज) is the name of an Ayurvedic recipe defined in the fourth volume of the Rasajalanidhi (chapter 2, dealing with jvara: fever). These remedies are classified as Iatrochemistry and form part of the ancient Indian science known as Rasaśāstra (medical alchemy). However, as an ayurveda treatment, it should be taken twith caution and in accordance with rules laid down in the texts.
Accordingly, when using such recipes (e.g., rasarāja-rasa): “the minerals (uparasa), poisons (viṣa), and other drugs (except herbs), referred to as ingredients of medicines, are to be duly purified and incinerated, as the case may be, in accordance with the processes laid out in the texts.” (see introduction to Iatro chemical medicines)
Unclassified Ayurveda definitions
Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of termsRasarāja (रसराज):—Mercury – one of the synonym of mercury
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryRasarāja (रसराज).—
1) = रसाञ्जन (rasāñjana).
2) quick-silver.
Derivable forms: rasarājaḥ (रसराजः).
Rasarāja is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms rasa and rāja (राज). See also (synonyms): rasaloha.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryRasarāja (रसराज).—m.
(-jaḥ) Quicksilver. E. rasa a mineral, rāja sovereign.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) Rasarāja (रसराज) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—med. Rādh. 32.
2) Rasarāja (रसराज):—med. Rgb. 938.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Rasarāja (रसराज):—[=rasa-rāja] [from rasa > ras] m. = -nātha, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) [v.s. ...] = rasāñjana, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) [v.s. ...] Name of [work] on medicine
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryRasarāja (रसराज):—[rasa-rāja] (jaḥ) 1. m. Quicksilver.
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Rasarajahamsa, Rasarajalakshmi, Rasarajashamkara, Rasarajashankara, Rasarajashiromani.
Full-text: Rasarajashiromani, Rasarajalakshmi, Rasarajahamsa, Rasarajashamkara, Rasanayaka, Saubhagyashtaka, Rasaloha.
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Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 4: Iatrochemistry (by Bhudeb Mookerjee)
Treatment for fever (129): Rasaraja rasa < [Chapter II - Fever (jvara)]
Vastu-shastra (4): Palace Architecture (by D. N. Shukla)
Satirical works of Kshemendra (study) (by Arpana Devi)
9.6. Summary of the Kṛpābor Baruar Kākator Topolā (1905) < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 5: Treatment of various afflictions (by Bhudeb Mookerjee)
Part 9 - Chemists of the Metallic School: Kapali, author of Rasa-raja-mahodadhi < [A Brief History of Indian Chemistry and Medicine]
Bhajana-Rahasya (by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura Mahasaya)
Text 2 < [Chapter 1 - Prathama-yāma-sādhana (Niśānta-bhajana–śraddhā)]
Text 23 < [Chapter 8 - Aṣṭama-yāma-sādhana (Rātri-līlā–prema-bhajana sambhoga)]
Text 10 < [Chapter 5 - Pañcama-yāma-sādhana (Aparāhna-kālīya-bhajana–kṛṣṇa-āsakti)]
Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 1: Initiation, Mercury and Laboratory (by Bhudeb Mookerjee)
Part 1 - Synonyms and Characteristics of Parada (mercury) < [Chapter III - Parada (Mercury)]
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