Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“hell, liquor”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
As a deity name
Name 229 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 854 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
As a Hindi name
Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“hell, liquor”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
रसना
to drip; flow slowly; to relish, savour, enjoy
Śabdasāgara also records: पृथ्वी । जमीन · रासना
Platts (p. 591) also records: Gravy, soup; sauce, &c. ( = ras, q.v.)
Cited formation "रसा" is रस + -आ: रस means "gravy, soup, broth", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "रसा" is रसना + -आ: रसना means "tongue", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "रसा" is रस + -आ: रस means "gravy, soup, broth", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit रसति — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Inherited from Sanskrit रसति (rasati).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
moisture, humidity
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "rasā" is the feminine form of "rasa" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Dictionary citations
rasā (ā), f., see s.v.
rasā f. moisture, humidity, RV.
N. of a river, ib.
a mythical stream supposed to flow round the earth and the atmosphere, ib. (Nir. xi, 23)
the lower world, hell, MBh.; Pur. (cf. -tala)
rasa m. (ifc. f(ā). ) the sap or juice of plants, juice of fruit, any liquid or fluid, the best or finest or prime part of anything, essence, marrow, RV. &c. &c.
water, liquor, drink, MBh.; Kāv. &c.
Alternative readings
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