रासrāsa1 An uproar, a din, confused noise.
- 1 An uproar, a din, confused noise.
- A sound in general.
- Speech.
- A kind of dance practised by Kṛiṣṇa and the cowherds but particularly the gopis or cowherdesses of Vrindāvana; तत्रारभत गोविन्दो रासक्रीडामनुव्रतैः । स्त्रीरत्नैरन्वितः प्रीतैरन्योन्याबद्धबाहुभिः ॥ Bhāg.1.33.2; उत्सृज्य रासे रसं गच्छन्तीम् Ve.1.2; रासे हरिमिह विहितविलासं स्मरति मनो मम कृतपरिहासम् Gīt.2; also Gīt.1.
- A chain.
- A sport, play.
Derived forms and compounds
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-ईश्वरी Name of Rādhā.
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-उत्सवः, -क्रीडा, -मण्डलम् a sportive dance, the circular dance of Kṛiṣṇa and the cowherdesses of Vrindāvana; रासोत्सवः संप्रवृत्तो गोपीमण्डलमण्डितः Bhāg.1. 33.3.
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-गोष्ठी Equivalent to रासक्रीडा quod vide, which see
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-यात्रा Feminine a festival in honour of Kṛiṣṇa on the Kārtikī Paurṇimā.
