The Sanskrit term Tīkṣṇarasa can be transliterated into English as Tiksnarasa or Tikshnarasa, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: De Gruyter: A Buddhist Ritual Manual on Agriculture

Tīkṣṇarasa (तीक्ष्णरस) refers to “pungent juices” (of fruits and crops), according to the Vajratuṇḍasamayakalparāja, an ancient Buddhist ritual manual on agriculture from the 5th-century (or earlier), containing various instructions for the Sangha to provide agriculture-related services to laypeople including rain-making, weather control and crop protection.—Accordingly, [as the great Nāga kings said to the Bhagavān]: “[...] We will ripen all flowers, fruits and crops, [to be] soft-bodied, pleasing, fragrant, perfect and to have pungent juices [e.g., tīkṣṇarasa]. We will eliminate all discord, agitation, famine, harsh speech and bad omens. We will send down rain showers duly at the proper time. [...]”.

context information

Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Tīkṣṇarasa (तीक्ष्णरस).—

1) salt-petre.

2) any poisonous liquid, a poison; शत्रु- प्रयुक्तानां तीक्ष्णरसदायिनाम् (śatru- prayuktānāṃ tīkṣṇarasadāyinām) Mu.1,2.

Derivable forms: tīkṣṇarasaḥ (तीक्ष्णरसः).

Tīkṣṇarasa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms tīkṣṇa and rasa (रस).

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

Tīkṣṇarasa (तीक्ष्णरस).—m.

(-saḥ) Saltpetre. E. tīkṣṇa sharp, and rasa juice. yavakṣāre .

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

1) Tīkṣṇarasa (तीक्ष्णरस):—[=tīkṣṇa-rasa] [from tīkṣṇa] m. ‘pungent liquid’, poison

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

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

Tīkṣṇarasa (तीक्ष्णरस):—[tīkṣṇa-rasa] (saḥ) 1. m. Saltpetre.

[Sanskrit to German]

Tikshnarasa in German

context information

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)

Partial matches: Tikshna, Rasa.

Starts with: Tikshnarasadayin.

Full-text: Tikshnarasadayin, Rasa.

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