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▪ I. ‖ rasa1|ˈrasa|
Also ras.
[a. Skr. rasa juice; essence, character; sentiment.]
Essence, character, sentiment.
1799F. Wilford in Asiatick Researches VI. 503 The Greeks supposed that mount Parnassus was the favorite abode of the Muses. The Hindus have not limited their residence to any particular spot... They are called Rasa in Sanscrit, in which language this word signifies juice in general, but is more particularly understood as the honied juice of flowers: it implies also any thing which we particularly delight in. Ibid. 505 The nine Rasas are represented as beautiful damsels. 1828H. H. Wilson in Ibid. XVI. 118 The Bhakti of the followers of this division of the Hindu faith is supposed to comprehend five Rasas or Ratis, tastes or passions. 1926in P. Hartog On Relation of Poetry to Verse 6 With them [sc. Sanskrit authors] what is essential in poetry is something incomprehensible, something which cannot be directly expressed, but only suggested—the aesthetic delectableness which they call rasa, a subjective condition of the reader's mind. 1967[see nritya]. 1968Indian Music Jrnl. V. 34 His life became lonely. Perhaps this accounts to some extent for his successful evocation of Karuṇā rasa. 1968Jrnl. Musical Acad. Madras XXXIX. 8 In one sense there is only one Rasa, Bhakti, that runs through the songs of Tyagaraja... Thus Bhakti Rasa can wear different complexions... In these songs the melody is itself suggestive of the Rasa of the song. 1977S. Pandit Approach to Indian Theory of Art & Aesthetics ii. 32 An object which does not contain rasa cannot be classified in the category of an art work, and no experience without it can be called aesthetic.
▪ II. ‖ rasa2|ˈrɑːsa|
Also ras.
[a. Skr. rāsa dance, sport.]
A rustic Indian dance (commemorating that) performed by Krishna and the Gopis; a festival celebrating this.
1828H. H. Wilson in Asiatick Researches XVI. 92 Another [festival] is the Rás Yátra, or annual commemoration of the dance of the frolicksome deity. Ibid. 93 The Rás Yátra is celebrated at the village of Sivapur. 1887W. J. Wilkins Mod. Hinduism iv. iii. 233 Rāsa Jātra. This festival is held to commemorate the sports of Krishna with the milkmaids of Vrindāvana. 1912Encycl. Relig. & Ethics V. 889/2 The rāsa, or sportive dance, performed by Kṛṣṇa's cowherds and cowherdesses. 1921Glasgow Herald 29 Dec. 7 Graceful dancing women from Manipur..went through their most famous diversion, the ‘Ras’ dance, in which ‘Krishna’, here played by a boy, is teased by his feminine playmates. 1933S. Sitwell Canons of Giant Art 122 And now he pipes for them the pastoral rasa, The dance, the shepherds' dance, the Indian cordax. 1951L. R. Dayal Manipuri Dances p. ix, The main forms of dance are the Ras, which is performed in the months of Vaishak (May), Kartik (November), and Phalgoon (February). 1953F. Bowers Dance in India 130 Manipur's two most celebrated distinctions are polo and Ras Lila... Ras Lila is played according to season, and usually on mountain sides or in far-off temples. 1969Femina (Bombay) 26 Dec. 27/1 Of all the seasonal delights of Winter that I've known, those of Gujarat remain the most clearly defined in my memory, especially the beautiful garba and ras dances, with their unforgettable rhythm and sheer vitality. 1972N. Hein Miracle Plays of Mathurā vi. 129 We have seen that the deeds of Vishṇu are līlās, ‘sports’. Ras is the name of a particular one of these deeds, which was done by Vishnu in his Krishṇa incarnation. Ibid., Krishṇa favored the gopis by dancing with them a circular dance, which the Vishṇu Puraṇa calls the rasa. Ibid. 130 The rāslīlā is a drama of which Braj claims the sole guardianship. |