Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics v2.c79.82

v2.c79.82

⁴⁸ ed. Grosset p. 87=ed. Kāvyamālā p. 62. It is curious that all the terms which describe the essence of *rasa*, such as *rasanā*, *carvaṇā*, or *āsvāda*, refer etymologically to the physical pleasure of taste.