

The verb (to taste) is mentioned by him as a derivation from the noun. Speaking in terms of philology, the origin of the word Rasa has not been recorded by Monier-Williams in his great Dictionary. The jet then bursts forth into many-coloured spray. It is the movement that is perceptible first. According to him, “R” stands for “motion” and “S” for “impregnation, in-breathing, or in-souling at the stage when the one life breaks into myriads of lives.” Thus one can imagine a jet of water springing from the heart of a rock. In his work ‘The Candle of Vision’, AE (George William Russell) speaks of his intuitive perception of the meanings of consonants. The two consonantal elements in the word Rasa, R and S, have a meaning of their own in the language of the gods. An attempt is made in this article to assess the value of its various aesthetic meanings for a comprehensive theory of rasaswada or aesthetic experience.

RASA is one of those quintessential words in Sanskrit which sum up a whole philosophy or even a civilization. Special for Swami Vivekananda’s birthday.

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