Rasaharani, Rasaharaṇī: 3 definitions

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Rasaharani means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali. 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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Pali-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Rasaharani in Pali glossary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

rasaharaṇī : (f.) the taste conductor.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Rasaharaṇī refers to: (f.) (ph. °haraṇiyo, in compn haraṇi°) taste-conductor, taste-receiver; the salivary canals of the mouth or the nerves of sensation; these are in later literature given as numbering 7000, e.g. at J. V, 293 (khobhetvā phari); DhA. I, 134 (anuphari); KhA 51 (only as 7!); SnA 107 (paṭhama-kabaḷe mukhe pakkhitta-matte satta rasa-haraṇi-sahassāni amaten’eva phutāni ahesuṃ). Older passages are: Vin. II, 137; D. III, 167 (referring to the Mahāpurisa: “sampajjasā r-haranī susaṇṭhitā, ” translation: erect taste-bearers planted well (in throat)). (Page 566)

Note: rasaharaṇī is a Pali compound consisting of the words rasa and haraṇī.

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Rasaharani in Sanskrit glossary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Rasaharaṇī (रसहरणी).—pl. (= Pali id., nerves of sensation according to Childers, either these or ‘salivary canals of the mouth’ [Pali Text Society’s Pali-English Dictionary]), taste-conductors, supposed organs of taste in the vicinity of the mouth and throat: (tasya yāvatyo grīvasā- mantakena) mukhasāmantakena ca °ṇyas tāḥ sarvāḥ samā abhūvan Gaṇḍavyūha 401.1.

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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.

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