raga
राग ragaAttachment or craving for pleasure; the third of the five kleshas.
Where this term appears
- What is bhakti? Essentials
His vaidhi bhakti, at 1.2.6, is defined as engagement arising because raga has not been attained, by the command of scripture alone.
- Rasa: emotion, beauty, and the arts as a spiritual science Philosophy
The test of a painting, a raga, a temple dance, a single verse was the same question: does it yield rasa?
- Yoga as a Darshana Philosophy
…on, aversion, and clinging to life are the afflictions" ( avidyasmita-raga-dvesha-abhiniveshah kleshah , 2.3).
- Why action binds Treatise
…at 2.3: avidya , ignorance; asmita , the sense of being a separate I; raga , attraction; dvesha , aversion; and abhinivesha , the clinging to life and the fear of its end.
- A walk down the ghats Treatise
…ubah-e-Banaras , "the morning of Banaras", greets the rising sun with raga and lamp.
- Nada, Bindu, and Om Treatise
…sts of Indian music would later make the metaphysical ground of every raga and rhythm.
- The Four Fires Treatise
The historical line from Vedic chant to the developed raga system is long and the evidence across it is uneven, and serious historians of Indian music treat the descent as a tradition's own account of itself ra…