Rasa or RASA may refer to:

Indian culture

Rasa (aesthetics) In Indian aesthetics, a rasa () literally means "juice, essence or taste".Monier Monier-Williams (1899)Rasa Sanskrit English Dictionary with Etymology, Motilal Banarsidass (Originally Published: Oxford) It is a concept in Indian arts denoting t ...

, 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 Krishna-centered bhakti traditions, such as Gaudiya Vaishnavism from the fifteenth century. ...

, 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 Raslila (), also rendered the Rasalila or the Ras dance, is part of a traditional story described in Hindu texts such as the Bhagavata Purana and Gita Govinda, where Krishna dances with Radha and the gopis of Braj. Rasalila has also been a ...

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

Rasa (literary form) ''Rasa'' () 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 ''Prabandha'' of medie ...

, 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. It is heavily practised throughout India and Nepal, where as much as 80% of the population report using ayurveda. The theory and practice of ayur ...

People

* Rasa von Werder (born 1945), German-Lithuanian bodybuilder and author. *

Rasa Budbergytė Rasa Budbergytė (born 8 May 1960) is a Lithuanian politician and a member of the Seimas. She previously served as state's Auditor General, member at European Court of Auditors and Minister of Finance. Early life Budbergytė was born on 8 May 1 ...

(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 2012 Summer Olympics, Lond ...

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

Rasa Juknevičienė Rasa Juknevičienė (née Urbonaitė, born 26 January 1958) is a Lithuanian politician and paediatrician, who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since 2019 European Parliament election, 2019. She served as Minister of Defense ...

(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 Rasa Mažeikytė (born 31 March 1976) is a Lithuanian former cyclist. She competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney ...

(born 1976), a Lithuanian cyclist *

Rasa Polikevičiūtė Rasa Polikevičiūtė (born September 25, 1970 in Panevėžys) is a Lithuanian cycle racer. She began cycling at age 13 under the influence of her childhood athletic coach and made her professional debut in 1990. In 1997, she won the Women's C ...

(born 1970), a Lithuanian cycle racer

Places

* Rasa Island, in Palawan, Philippines * Rasa Island, Japan, the old name of

Oki Daitō Oki or Ōki may refer to: Places *Oki District, Shimane, a district in Shimane Prefecture, Japan *Oki Islands, an archipelago in the Sea of Japan *Oki Province, a former province of Japan * Ōki, Fukuoka, a town in southern Japan * Oki Airport, t ...

, an uninhabited Japanese island *

Raša, Istria County Raša ( Chakavian: ''Aršija'') is a settlement and a municipality in Istria, Croatia. The settlement was created in the 1930s as a coal mining town under the Italian government. Location Raša stands in the south-eastern part of Istria penin ...

, a town in Croatia *

Rasa, Malaysia Rasa is a mukim and town in Hulu Selangor District, Selangor, Malaysia. The word ''rasa'' means "taste" in Malay. Since the 1900s Rasa has had a tin mining industry. Tan Boon Chia, a businessman in Selangor, was based in this town and his mans ...

, a town in Selangor, Malaysia *

Raša (river) The Raša (, 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 Raša Bay (, formerly ), which is a drowned river valley scoured out when worl ...

, a river in Istria, Croatia *

Rasa (Argeș) The Rasa is a left tributary of the river Argeș in Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the w ...

, 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, is one of the Canton of Switzerland, 26 cantons forming the Switzerland, Swiss Confederation. It is composed of eight districts ...

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

Varese Varese ( , ; or ; ; ; archaic ) is a city and ''comune'' in north-western Lombardy, northern Italy, north-west of Milan. The population of Varese in 2018 was 80,559. It is the capital of the Province of Varese. The hinterland or exurban part ...

* Rasa, the former name of

Lhasa Lhasa, officially the Chengguan District of Lhasa City, is the inner urban district of Lhasa (city), Lhasa City, Tibet Autonomous Region, Southwestern China. Lhasa is the second most populous urban area on the Tibetan Plateau after Xining ...

, Tibet

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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 Prabh ...

, a musical duo formed in 1998 *

Rasa (mythology) The list of Lithuanian gods is based on scarce written sources and late folklore. Many of them were outright invented. Lithuania converted to Christianity in 1387, but elements of Lithuanian mythology survived into the 19th century. The earlies ...

, a Lithuanian goddess *

Rasa (restaurant) Rasa is an Indian restaurant in Burlingame, California, United States, owned by Ajay Walia and his wife Reena Miglani. It opened in 2014 and the following year, under chef Vijay Kumar became the first Indian restaurant in California to be awa ...

, a restaurant in Burlingame, California *

RASA (restaurant) Rasa is an Indian restaurant in Burlingame, California, United States, owned by Ajay Walia and his wife Reena Miglani. It opened in 2014 and the following year, under chef Vijay Kumar became the first Indian restaurant in California to be awa ...

, a restaurant in Toronto * Rasa, a character in ''Mobile Suit Gundam 00'' * 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. The celebrations often involve flower wreat ...

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 th ...

, a taxonomy term * Roosevelt Academy Student Association, Student Association of Liberal Arts Honors College in Middelburg, The Netherlands *

Tabula rasa ''Tabula rasa'' (; Latin for "blank slate") is the idea of individuals being born empty of any built-in mental content, so that all knowledge comes from later perceptions or sensory experiences. Proponents typically form the extreme "nurture" ...

, an epistemological thesis

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