رس रस ras S s. m. 1. Juice, humour, essence. 2. Flavour, taste, of which are reckoned six kinds, viz. sweet, sour, salt, bitter, acrid, astrin- gent. 3. Taste, sentiment or emotion, as an object of poetry or other composition: eight sentiments are usually enumerated, viz. (1.) शृंगार sr̤ingāra, Love; (2.) हास्य hāsya, Mirth; (3.) करुणा karuṇā, Tenderness; (4.) रौद्र raudra, Anger; (5.) वीर vīra, He-