Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 799 of 1000: रसज्ञा · Rasajñā
Knower Of Savour
Artha
What the name means
She knows rasa in all its senses at once — the taste on the tongue, the mood of a poem, and the essence of a thing.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ रसज्ञायै नमः
oṃ rasajñāyai namaḥ
om rasajnayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, rasajñā, as part of Shloka 152. In the nāmāvalī, the form used for arcana(worship with an offering at each name), it is turned to the dative, the case of offering: “to her”. Then it is framed by oṃ before and namaḥ, “salutation”, after.
Recite it among the thousand names →Loop its shloka until you know it →
Uccāraṇa
Saying it, syllable by syllable
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Vyākaraṇa
How the name is built
she who knows flavour
vigraha rasaṃ jānātīti rasajñā
sap, juice, taste; the essence of a thing; poetic mood
knowing, acquainted with (from √jñā)
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 152Names 797–805
कलानिधिः काव्यकला रसज्ञा रसशेवधिः ।
पुष्टा पुरातना पूज्या पुष्करा पुष्करेक्षणा ॥ १५२ ॥
kalānidhiḥ kāvyakalā rasajñā rasaśevadhiḥ
puṣṭā purātanā pūjyā puṣkarā puṣkarekṣaṇā
Study the whole shloka: Two treasuries of savour, and then five names beginning in p
Chanted with it
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- rasajnaom rasajnayai namah
- ITRANS
- rasaj~nAOM rasaj~nAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- rasajJAOM rasajJAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- రసజ్ఞాఓం రసజ్ఞాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ರಸಜ್ಞಾಓಂ ರಸಜ್ಞಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- രസജ്ഞാഓം രസജ്ഞായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- ரஸஜ்ஞாஓம் ரஸஜ்ஞாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- રસજ્ઞાૐ રસજ્ઞાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- রসজ্ঞাওঁ রসজ্ঞায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ରସଜ୍ଞାଓଁ ରସଜ୍ଞାୟୈ ନମଃ