Raudrarasa, Raudra-rasa: 5 definitions

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Raudrarasa means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

In Hinduism

Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)

Source: Wisdom Library: Nāṭya-śāstra

Raudrarasa (रौद्ररस) refers to the “furious sentiment” used in dramatic performance (nāṭya). It is a Sanskrit compound composed of the words of raudra (furious) and rasa (‘sentiment’). This sentiment is produced from a combination of determinants, consequents and complementary psychological states.

Source: Shodhganga: Elements of Art and Architecture in the Trtiyakhanda of the Visnudharmottarapurana (natya)

Raudrarasa (रौद्ररस) or simply Raudra refers to the “furious sentiment” and represents one of the nine kinds of Rasa (“soul of Drama”), according to the Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa, an ancient Sanskrit text which (being encyclopedic in nature) deals with a variety of cultural topics such as arts, architecture, music, grammar and astronomy.—The Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa relates that raudra is the sentiment that arises from anger. Krodha is the sthāyibhāva of raudrarasa. Rakta i.e., red is the colour and Rudra is the God of this sentiment. According to the Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa anger is of four types. [...] The Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa again says that the facial expressions of anger viz., redness of eyes, cocked of eyebrows, face full of perspiration etc., should be used to project raudrarasa in performance

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Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, nāṭyaśāstra) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya—theatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).

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Kavyashastra (science of poetry)

Source: Shodhganga: The Kavyavilasa of Ciranjiva Bhattacarya (kavyashastra)

Raudrarasa (रौद्ररस) refers to the “furious sentiment” or the “sentiment of anger” as defined by Cirañjīva Bhaṭṭācārya (fl. 17th century).Cirañjīva says the basic feeling of raudra is anger (krodha) and it is generated by excitants (vibhāva) like jealousy, ensuants (anubhāva) like rubbing the hands together and turgidity etc. and variants like infatuation or illusion etc. Though Cirañjīva is silent about the colour and deity of raudra-rasa, Viśvanātha, the author of Sāhityadarpaṇa, has mentioned red as the colour and Rudra as the presiding deity of raudra-rasa.

Example of the furious sentiment (raudra-rasa):—

stambhādutplutya garjadbhrukuṭikuṭilitaprekṣaṇa sa kṣaṇena prodyaddaityendravakṣaḥkharataranakharairjṛmbhitaḥ saṃvidāryya |
utkṛtyotkṛtya māṃsaṃ prakaṭamabhinaṭannutkaṭo vyutkapāṭaṃ daṃṣṭrāsandaṣṭamaśnan nṛhariravatu vaḥ kaṣṭataḥ spaṣṭamiṣṭaḥ ||

“May the desired (tutelary) god-man-lion (nṛhari) protect you all from suffering. He who being revealed at once and having jumped from the pillar is roaring with his look of frowning eyes and who having rended the chest of the lord of demons attempting to fight by sharper nails, is tearing flesh again again from the chest opened like the panel of a door and who is openly dancing and eating by biting with his teeth”.

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Kavyashastra (काव्यशास्त्र, kāvyaśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian tradition of poetry (kavya). Canonical literature (shastra) of the includes encyclopedic manuals dealing with prosody, rhetoric and various other guidelines serving to teach the poet how to compose literature.

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Sports, Arts and Entertainment (wordly enjoyments)

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Source: archive.org: Syainika Sastra of Rudradeva with English Translation (art)

Raudrarasa (रौद्ररस) refers to a “fierce emotion” (experienced during hawking), according to the Śyainika-śāstra: a Sanskrit treatise dealing with the divisions and benefits of Hunting and Hawking, written by Rājā Rudradeva (or Candradeva) in possibly the 13th century.—Accordingly, [while discussing the outlines of hawking]: “Saras Cranes and Comnon Cranes attached by a Kuhī excite a fierce emotion (raudrarasa-āvaha), for they are like winged mountains pursuing each other. Falling on the ground, they strike each other with their talons and make a fierce noise; then changing their position, they strike each other with their beaks in a terrible fight”.

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This section covers the skills and profiencies of the Kalas (“performing arts”) and Shastras (“sciences”) involving ancient Indian traditions of sports, games, arts, entertainment, love-making and other means of wordly enjoyments. Traditionally these topics were dealt with in Sanskrit treatises explaing the philosophy and the justification of enjoying the pleasures of the senses.

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Languages of India and abroad

Kannada-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Raudrarasa in Kannada glossary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Raudrarasa (ರೌದ್ರರಸ):—[noun] (rhet.) the sentiment of wrath or fury.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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