[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Medicine](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med) › [Alchemy and Iatrochemistry](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa) › [Rasendracudamani](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani) › 15.18 # Rasendracudamani 15.18 Rasendracūḍāmaṇi 15.18 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [15.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani.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'. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 15.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani.15.17) - [Next: 15.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani.15.19) - [Up: 15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani.15) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani~en-mt.15.18) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani.15.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani.15.18) · Pramāṇa