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Indian culture

Rasa (aesthetics) In Indian aesthetics, a rasa ( sa, रस) literally means "nectar, essence or taste".Monier Monier-Williams (1899)Rasa Sanskrit English Dictionary with Etymology, Motilal Banarsidass (Originally Published: Oxford) It connotes a concept in Indian ...

, a concept in the Indian performing arts *

Rasa (theology) Rasa (IAST ) refers to the creation and reception of a distinct 'flavor' or quality of something. As a Sanskrit theological concept, rasa was popularized by specific to Krishna-centered bhakti traditions, such as Gaudiya Vaishnavism from the fiftee ...

, a concept of nectar or emotional rapture related to Krishna devotion *

Rasā Rasa (' ) is the name of a western tributary of the Indus in the Rigveda (verse 5.53.9). The word rasa means "moisture, humidity" in Vedic Sanskrit. In RV 9.41.6, RV 10.108 and in the Nirukta of Yaska, it is the name of a mythical stream suppos ...

, a mythical river mentioned in the Rigveda *

Rasa lila The rasalila (), also rendered the raslila or the ras dance, is part of the traditional story of Krishna described in Hindu scriptures such as the Bhagavata Purana and literature such as the Gita Govinda, where he dances with Radha and the gopis ...

, a dance performed by the Hindu god Krishna with his consort Radha and other milkmaids *

Rasa (literary form) ''Rasa'' ( gu, રાસ) or ''Raso'' is a certain didactic literary form in Apabhramsa. It is a genre of poetry in Old Gujarati language popular during early period of Gujarati literature. Sometimes the term is used interchangeably with ''Praban ...

, an early literary form of Gujarati literature and Apabhramsa * Rasa, the nutritive fluid that flows in the body and nourishes all other tissues according to

Ayurveda Ayurveda () is an alternative medicine system with historical roots in the Indian subcontinent. The theory and practice of Ayurveda is pseudoscientific. Ayurveda is heavily practiced in India and Nepal, where around 80% of the population repo ...

People

* Rasa Budbergytė (born 1960), a politician of the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania *

Rasa Drazdauskaitė Rasa Drazdauskaitė (born 20 March 1981 in Šiauliai) is a Lithuanian long-distance runner. She represented her country at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, finishing 37th in the marathon. She represented Lithuania again at London 2012, finishing in ...

(born 1981), a Lithuanian long-distance runner *

Rasa Juknevičienė Rasa Juknevičienė (born 26 January 1958) is a Lithuanian politician and paediatrician who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since 2019. She served as Minister of Defense of Lithuania since 2008 to 2012. She is a member o ...

(born 1958), a Lithuanian politician *

Rasa Kaušiūtė Rasa Kaušiūtė (born 29 March 1977) is a Lithuanian singer, composer, and vocal teacher (works at Lithuanian Youth Center and prepares children for various song contests). In 2000 she released her first album "Apie ką tu galvoji" ("What are ...

(born 1977), Lithuanian singer and composer * Rasa Mažeikytė (born 1976), a Lithuanian cyclist *

Rasa Polikevičiūtė Rasa Polikevičiūtė (born September 25, 1970 in Panevėžys) is a Lithuanian cycle racer. One of her Lithuanian cycling contemporaries is her identical twin, Jolanta Polikevičiūtė. She began cycling at age 13 under the influence of her chi ...

(born 1970), a Lithuanian cycle racer

Places

Rasa Island Rasa Island is a flat coral island in the Sulu Sea just off the coast of the municipality of Narra in Palawan, Philippines. It is a shallow island surrounded by mangroves and tidal flats containing one of the country's last remaining coastal fo ...

, in Palawan, Philippines * Rasa Island, Japan, the old name of Oki Daitō, an uninhabited Japanese island *

Raša, Istria County Raša ( it, Arsia, Chakavian: ''Aršija'') is a municipality in the inner part of the Raška Inlet in the south-eastern part of Istria, Croatia. Raša lies southwest of Labin at an elevation of . Situated in the valley of the Krapanski Potok ...

, a town in Croatia * Rasa, Malaysia, a town in Selangor, Malaysia *

Raša (river) The Raša ( la, Arsia, Italian: ) in Croatian Istria is a major river of Croatia's Istria County. It is long, and its basin covers an area of . Its mouth is in the long ria of Raški zaljev/Porto d'Arsia, which is a drowned river valley scoured ...

, a river in Istria, Croatia *

Rasa (Argeș) The Rasa is a left tributary of the river Argeș in Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary ...

, a river in southern Romania * Rasa, a village in Grădiștea, Călărași, Romania * Rasa, Ticino, a hamlet in the Swiss canton of

Ticino Ticino (), sometimes Tessin (), officially the Republic and Canton of Ticino or less formally the Canton of Ticino,, informally ''Canton Ticino'' ; lmo, Canton Tesin ; german: Kanton Tessin ; french: Canton du Tessin ; rm, Chantun dal Tessin . ...

* Rasa di Varese, a hamlet in the Italian province of

Varese Varese ( , , or ; lmo, label= Varesino, Varés ; la, Baretium; archaic german: Väris) is a city and ''comune'' in north-western Lombardy, northern Italy, north-west of Milan. The population of Varese in 2018 has reached 80,559. It is the c ...

* Rasa, the former name of

Lhasa Lhasa (; Lhasa dialect: ; bo, text=ལྷ་ས, translation=Place of Gods) is the urban center of the prefecture-level city, prefecture-level Lhasa (prefecture-level city), Lhasa City and the administrative capital of Tibet Autonomous Regio ...

, Tibet

Other uses

Rasa (band) Rasa are a musical duo that perform bhajan (Indian devotional music) and Western derivations. Hans Christian is a German-born cellist and multi-instrumentalist. Kim Waters is an American vocalist and devotee of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupa ...

, a musical duo formed in 1998 *

Rasa (mythology) The list of Lithuanian gods is reconstructed based on scarce written sources and late folklore. Lithuania converted to Christianity in 1387, but elements of Lithuanian mythology survived into the 19th century. The earliest written sources, author ...

, a Lithuanian goddess * Rasa, one of several Lithuanian names for

Saint Jonas' Festival Saint Jonas' Festival, also known as ''Rasos'' (''Dew Holiday''), ''Joninės'', ''Kupolė'', Midsummer Day or Saint John's Day) is a midsummer folk festival celebrated on 24 June all around Lithuania. While midsummer day is celebrated throughou ...

Tabula rasa ''Tabula rasa'' (; "blank slate") is the theory that individuals are born without built-in mental content, and therefore all knowledge comes from experience or perception. Epistemological proponents of ''tabula rasa'' disagree with the doctri ...

, an epistemological thesis * Rasa, a character in ''Mobile Suit Gundam 00'' *

Relative accessible surface area Relative accessible surface area or relative solvent accessibility (RSA) of a protein residue is a measure of residue solvent exposure. It can be calculated by formula: \text = \text / \text where ASA is the solvent accessible surface are ...

, a measure of residue solvent exposure *

Relative apparent synapomorphy analysis Relative apparent synapomorphy analysis, or RASA, is a method that aims to determine whether a given character is shared between taxa due to shared ancestry or due to convergence. A synapomorphy is a shared trait found among two or more taxa and the ...

, a taxonomy term *

Roosevelt Academy Student Association University College Roosevelt (UCR), formerly known as Roosevelt Academy (RA), is a small, honors undergraduate liberal arts and science college located in Middelburg in the Netherlands and the sole university in Zeeland. It offers a residentia ...

, Student Association of Liberal Arts Honors College in Middelburg, The Netherlands

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