rasa
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- noun
- Indian
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rasa
- According to traditional Indian medicine, rasa is considered essential for nourishing bodily tissues and sustaining life.
- tabula rasa
Examples
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In Ayurveda, the balance of rasa is believed to affect overall health and vitality.
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In ancient texts, each rasa is described as a primary bodily fluid crucial for the well-being of an individual.
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The human mind is not a tabula rasa on which external events write their own history.
Academic text (1999) -
His mind is a tabula rasa, but the world to which his mind is directed is not.
Academic text (1999) -
Picture a high school student arriving here, his soul a tabula rasa.
Academic text (1990) -
The tabula rasa of John Locke is a misunderstanding.
Academic text (1990) -
All right, tabula rasa.
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The tabula rasa of the blast zone created a great template to evaluate that," Crisafulli says.
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Less real to me now than the unseen object is said to be to the newborn tabula rasa.
Fiction book (2000) -
As he changes, word by word, from a purchaser into a reader, the man with a copy of Time finds his magazine changing, word by word, into a tabula rasa.
Academic text (1994)
Synonyms
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The blood that keeps a living body alive
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Rasa comes from the Sanskrit word rasa, which means 'juice' or 'sap'. In traditional Indian medicine it named the nourishing fluid that feeds the body, so thinking of it as the body's 'juice' helps you remember its meaning.