Difference between revisions of "Rasa"

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Taste;

Function or achievement.

'taste'; Property of matter (rupa).

Every living entity, beginning from Brahmā, the first-born living being within the material world, down to the insignificant ant, desires to relish some sort of taste derived from sense perceptions. These sensual pleasures are technically called rasas. Such rasas are of different varieties.

In the revealed scriptures the following twelve varieties of rasas are enumerated:

    raudra (anger),
    adbhuta (wonder),
    śṛṅgāra (conjugal love),
    hāsya (comedy),
    vīra (chivalry),
    dayā (mercy),
    dāsya (servitorship),
    sakhya (fraternity),
    bhayānaka (horror),
    bībhatsa (shock),
    śānta (neutrality),
    vātsalya (parenthood)

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 In the revealed scriptures the following twelve varieties of [[rasas]] are enumerated:
-     [[raudra]] (anger),
+     [[raudra]] ([[anger]]),
-     [[adbhuta]] (wonder),
+     [[adbhuta]] ([[wonder]]),
-     [[śṛṅgāra]] (conjugal love),
+     [[śṛṅgāra]] ([[conjugal love]]),
-     [[hāsya]] (comedy),
+     [[hāsya]] ([[comedy]]),
-     [[vīra]] (chivalry),
+     [[vīra]] ([[chivalry]]),
-     [[dayā]] (mercy),
+     [[dayā]] ([[mercy]]),
-     [[dāsya]] (servitorship),
+     [[dāsya]] ([[servitorship]]),
-     [[sakhya]] (fraternity),
+     [[sakhya]] ([[fraternity]]),
-     [[bhayānaka]] (horror),
+     [[bhayānaka]] ([[horror]]),
-     [[bībhatsa]] (shock),
+     [[bībhatsa]] ([[shock]]),
-     [[śānta]] (neutrality),
+     [[śānta]] ([[neutrality]]),
-     [[vātsalya]] (parenthood)
+     [[vātsalya]] ([[parenthood]])
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