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Entry रशना

रशनाraśanāरसना [rasanā], रसना [अश्-युच् रशादेशः cf. अश्नुते जघनम् Uṇ. 2.75]
1. रसना rasanā, रसना [अश्-युच् रशादेशः Compare अश्नुते जघनम् Uṇ. 2.75]
2. A rope, cord.
3. A rein, bridle.
4. A zone, girdle, woman's girdle; तान् वीक्ष्य वातरशनांश्चतुरः कुमारान् Bhāg.3.15.3; रसतु रसनापि तव घनजघनमण्डले घोषयतु मन्मथनिदेशम् Gīt.1; R.7.1;8.58; Me.37.
5. The tongue; वदने विनिवेशिता भुजङ्गी पिशुनानां रसनामिषेण धात्रा Bv.1.111; tongue as an organ of taste; रसनया भाव्यमाना मधुराम्लतिक्तकटुकषायलवणभेदाः षड्रसाः Bhāvanopaniṣad 2.
Derived forms and compounds
- -उपमा a variety of the figure उपमा; it is 'a string or series' of comparisons, which consists in making the Upameya in the first comparison theUpamāna in the second, and so forth; see S. D.664.
- -गुणः the cord of a girdle.
- -पदम् the hip.
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