Rasendracudamani 15.18
Rasendracūḍāmaṇi 15.18
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- Sanskrit
15.18
{mercury:: nirukti}
jarāpamṛtyudaurgatyavyādhīnāṃ rasanādrasaḥ /
rasāsvādana ityasya dhātorarthatayā khalu //
It is called rasa because it tastes (rasanāt) [and absorbs] old age, premature death, poverty, and diseases, in accordance with the root meaning of the verbal stem ras-, 'to taste'.
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