Rosana, Rosanā, Roshana, Roṣaṇa: 16 definitions

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Rosana means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, 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.

The Sanskrit term Roṣaṇa can be transliterated into English as Rosana or Roshana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Roshan.

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of terms

1) Roṣaṇa (रोषण):—[roṣaṇaṃ] Horripilaiton

2) [roṣaṇaṃ] Anger

Source: eJournal of Indian Medicine: Jajjaṭa’s Nirantarapadavyākhyā and Other Commentaries on the Carakasaṃhitā

Rosanā (रोसना) is a synonym of Rāsnā, which refers to a medicinal plant mentioned in the 7th-century Nirantarapadavyākhyā by Jejjaṭa (or Jajjaṭa): one of the earliest extant and, therefore, one of the most important commentaries on the Carakasaṃhitā.—Synonyms of Rāsnā: Rosanā, Vāyasuraī, Atirasā (?)[sic], Elāparṇī, Muktā (Yuktā), Surabhi; Pluchea lanceolata Oliver and Hiern.—(Cf. Glossary of Vegetable Drugs in Bṛhattrayī 337-338, Singh and Chunekar, 1999).—Pluchea lanceolata (DC.) C.B.Clarke.—(Cf. The Plant List, A Working List of All Plant Species, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden).

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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.

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In Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: OSU Press: Cakrasamvara Samadhi

Roṣaṇa (रोषण) refers to “wrathful”, according to the Cakrasaṃvara Samādhi [i.e., Cakrasamvara Meditation] ritual often performed in combination with the Cakrasaṃvara Samādhi, which refers to the primary pūjā and sādhanā practice of Newah Mahāyāna-Vajrayāna Buddhists in Nepal.—Accordingly, “In the Mandala, an obscured Himalaya, abiding seated in lotus posture, [..] having the fat of the great flesh, absorbed in meditation, with a crown, possessing wisdom, higher knowledge, half of one half of sixteen faces, three eyes, a sacred chord, adorned by a continuous line of human heads, terrifying, wrathful (roṣaṇa), a helper for crossing over together, the dreadful wilderness of saṃsāra, routing Māra, Śrī Vajrasattva, homage”.

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Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.

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Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Roshana in India is the name of a plant defined with Grewia asiatica in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices.

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Journal of Tree Sciences (1982)

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

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Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

rosanā : (f.) making angry; causing anger; being angry.

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

Rosanā, (f.) (abstr. fr. rosati) making angry, causing anger, being angry Vbh. 86 (hiṃsanā+), explained at VbhA. 75 by ghaṭṭanā. Cp. BSk. roṣaṇī AvŚ I. 178. (Page 577)

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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

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Roṣaṇa (रोषण).—a. (-ṇī f.) [रुष्-युच् (ruṣ-yuc)] Angry, irascible, wrathful, passionate.

-ṇaḥ 1 A touchstone.

2) Quicksilver.

3) A desert soil containing salt.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Roṣaṇa (रोषण).—mfn.

(-ṇaḥ-ṇā-ṇaṃ) Angry, passionate. n.

(-ṇaṃ) Quicksilver. 2. A touchstone. 3. Arid or desert soil. E. ruṣ to be angry, aff. yuc .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Roṣaṇa (रोषण).—i. e. ruṣ + ana, I. adj. Angry. Ii. m. 1. Quicksilver. 2. A touchstone.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Roṣaṇa (रोषण).—[adjective] angry, wrathful, passionate, enraged at or against ([genetive] or —°).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Roṣaṇa (रोषण):—[from ruṣ] mfn. angry, wrathful, passionate, enraged at or against ([genitive case] or [compound]), [Mahābhārata; Harivaṃśa; Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa] (-tā f., [Śakuntalā])

2) [v.s. ...] m. (only [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]) a touchstone

3) [v.s. ...] quicksilver

4) [v.s. ...] an arid or desert son containing salt

5) [v.s. ...] Grewia Asiatica.

6) Roṣāṇa (रोषाण):—[from ruṣ] mfn. (cf. [preceding]) angry, furious, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

7) [v.s. ...] m. a touchstone for gold, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

8) [v.s. ...] quicksilver, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Roṣaṇa (रोषण):—[(ṇaḥ-ṇā-ṇaṃ) a.] Angry. m. Quicksilver; touchstone; desert soil.

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Rosana in German

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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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Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Rośana (रोशन) [Also spelled roshan]:—(a) lighted, lit; shining, bright; famous; manifest; ~[dāna] a ventilator; —[karanā] to bring to light; to make known; hence —[honā].

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Rōṣaṇa (ರೋಷಣ):—[adjective] angered; enraged.

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Rōṣaṇa (ರೋಷಣ):—[noun] = ರೋಷಣೆ [roshane].

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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