Raudrarasa, Raudra-rasa: 6 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)
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.
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
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).
Kavyashastra (science of poetry)
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”.
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.
Shyanika-shastra (the science of Hawking and Hunting)
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”.
Shyanika-shastra (श्यैनिकशास्त्र, śyainikaśāstra) deals with ancient Indian skill of hawking/falconry (one of the ways of hunting) which were laid down in a systematic manner in various Sanskrit treatises. It also explains the philosophy behind how the pleasures derived from sense-experience could lead the way to liberation.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Kalpa (Formulas, Drug prescriptions and other Medicinal preparations)
Raudrarasa (रौद्ररस) refers to one of the topics discussed in the Yogāmṛta, a Sanskrit manuscript collected in volume 4 of the catalogue “Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (first series)” by Rajendralal Mitra (1822–1891), who was one of the first English-writing historians dealing with Indian culture and heritage.—The Yogāmṛta is a large Ayurvedic compilation dealing with the practice of medicine and therapeutics authored by Gopāla Sena, Kavirāja, of Dvārandhā. It is dated to the 18th century and contains 11,700 ślokas.—The catalogue includes the term—Raudrarasa in its subject-matter list’ or Viṣaya (which lists topics, chapters and technical terms). The complete entry reads: raudrarasaḥ .
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Languages of India and abroad
Kannada-English dictionary
Raudrarasa (ರೌದ್ರರಸ):—[noun] (rhet.) the sentiment of wrath or fury.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches (+0): Raudra, Rasa, Raca.
Full-text (+11): Furious, Raudra, Raudri, Rakta, Krodha, Rudra, Utphullaka, Nartanaka, Chinnaka, Praphullaka, Pumraga, Pum, Vritti, Arabhativritti, Harshness, Passion, Arabhati, Bright ornament, Power, Guruja.
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Kohala in the Sanskrit textual tradition (Study) (by Padma Sugavanam)
Kohala and Nāṭya (3): The concept of Vṛtti < [Chapter 2 - Kohala as seen in citations]
Kohala and Nṛtya (6): The concept of Dṛṣṭi < [Chapter 2 - Kohala as seen in citations]
Kohala and Gītā (14): Tālas for specific Gaits < [Chapter 2 - Kohala as seen in citations]
Yaksha Gana < [September-October 1934]
Stylistics and Literary Criticism in Hindi < [July 1969]
The First Bengali Sonneteer < [May-June 1931]
Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī)
Verse 4.8.6 < [Part 8 - Compatible & Incompatible Mellows (maitrī-vaira-sthiti)]
Verse 4.3.24 < [Part 3 - Chivalry (vīrya-rasa)]
Verse 4.8.3 < [Part 8 - Compatible & Incompatible Mellows (maitrī-vaira-sthiti)]
Malatimadhava (study) (by Jintu Moni Dutta)
Part 1.3c - Raudra Rasa (The Furious Sentiment) < [Chapter 2 - Literary Study of the Mālatīmādhava]
Part 4.3b - Ojas Guṇa (Floridity) < [Chapter 2 - Literary Study of the Mālatīmādhava]
Annadatri-carita (study) (by Sarannya V.)
1. Dramatic aspects (c): Rasa (sentiment) < [Chapter 4 - Dramatic Appraisal of Annadatri-carita]
Mudrarakshasa (literary study) (by Antara Chakravarty)
2.8. Use of Vasantatilaka metre < [Chapter 4 - Employment of Chandas in Mudrārākṣasa]
3.3. Use of Raudrarasa (furious sentiment) < [Chapter 2 - Delineation of Rasa in Mudrārākṣasa]
3. Guṇa and Rīti applied by Viśākhadatta < [Chapter 5 - Adoption of Style and Language in Mudrārākṣasa]