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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

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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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary

रशनाraśanā[ras-anâ] f. cord, rope, strap; bridle; girth; girdle, zone (esp. of women); fig. of the fingers (RV.); --˚ a.…

[ras-anâ] feminine; also equal for cord, rope, strap; bridle; girth; girdle, zone (especially of women); figurative, -ly of the fingers (Rig-veda); --˚ adjective girt by; dependent on: -kalâpa: -ka, masculine woman's girdle con sisting of several bands; -guna ͜ âspada, neuter seat of the girdle-string, waist; - ͜ upamâ, feminine; also equal for girdle-simile (being a string of comparisons in which the upameya of the first becomes the upamâna of the second and so on).

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

रशनाraśanāf. (prob. connected with रश्मि and राशि and derived from a lost √रश्) a rope, cord, strap
1. feminine (probably connected with रश्मि and राशि and derived from a lost √रश्) a rope, cord, strap
2. feminine rein, bridle
3. feminine girth, girdle, zone (especially of woman) fg-veda etc. etc. (also figuratively applied to the fingers; confer, compare Naigh. ii, 5)
4. feminine a ray of light, beam S3a1n3khBr.
5. feminine the tongue (wrong reading for रसना) Lexicographers
6. feminine (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound') girt by, dependent on Hariv. BhP.
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रशनाकलापraśanākalāpam. a woman's girdle formed out of several strings or threads Ka1v. (cf. रश्मि-कलाप).

masculine gender a woman's girdle formed out of several strings or threads Ka1v. (confer, compare रश्मि-कलाप).

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रशनाकलापकraśanākalāpakam. a woman's girdle formed out of several strings or threads Ka1v. (cf. रश्मि-कलाप).

masculine gender a woman's girdle formed out of several strings or threads Ka1v. (confer, compare रश्मि-कलाप).

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रशनाकृतraśanākṛta(˚ना*क्˚) mfn. guided or led by a cord or bridle Kaus3.

(that the rest of a word is to be suppliedना*क्that the rest of a word is to be supplied) masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective guided or led by a cord or bridle Kaus3.

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रशनागुणraśanāguṇam. the cord of a girdle

masculine gender the cord of a girdle

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रशनागुणास्पदraśanāguṇāspadan. "place for the c cord of a g girdle", the waist Kum.

neuter gender "place for the c cord of a g girdle", the waist Kum.

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रशनापदraśanāpadan. "place for the girdle", the hip L.

neuter gender "place for the girdle", the hip Lexicographers

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रशनायraśanāyaNom. A1. ˚यते (only p. रशनाय्/अमान), to be guided by a rein AV.

Nominal verb Atmane-pada that the rest of a word is to be suppliedयते (only page and participle रशनाय्/अमान), to be guided by a rein AV.

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