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Rasavaha Srotas

KeywordRasavaha Srotas
TypeS.
Etymology/ Definitionरसवहानां स्रोतसां हृदयं मूलं दश च धमन्य: । च. वि. ५
रसवहे द्वे, तयोर्मूलं हृदयं रसवाहिन्यश्च धमन्य:; तत्र विद्धस्य शोष:प्राणवहविद्धवच्च मरणं तल्लिङ्गानि च । सु. शा. ९/१२
ReferenceS.Sha.10/12, C.Vi.5/8
Literary MeaningRasa means constituent fluid or essential juice of the body , serum , the primary juice called chyle ( formed from the food and changed by the bile into blood ) M. W.
Implied MeaningChannel carrying Rasa Dhaatu
ElaborationAahaara Rasa enters in to Rasavaha Srotas ; there it turns in to Rasa Dhaatu by action of Rasa Dhaatvagni . The optimum quality of Rasa manifests on the skin.
Moolasthaana ( origin of the channel ) – Hridaya, Rasavaahi Dhamanee
Causes of vitiation – Guru, S`heeta, Ati Snigdha, Ati Maatra, Samas`hana, Chintana
Viddha Lakshan`a 
( symptoms of derangement ) – S`hosha , all symptoms same as Viddha Lakshan`a of Praan`avaha Srotas .

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