Rasa

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Rasa may refer to:

Indian culture

• Rasa (aesthetics), a concept in the Indian performing arts
• Rasa (theology), a concept of nectar or emotional rapture related to Krishna devotion
• Rasā, a mythical river mentioned in the Rigveda
• Rasa lila, a dance performed by the Hindu god Krishna with his consort Radha and other milkmaids
• Rasa (literary form), an early literary form of Gujarati literature and Apabhramsa
• Rasa, the nutritive fluid that flows in the body and nourishes all other tissues according to Ayurveda

People

• Rasa von Werder (born 1945), German-Lithuanian bodybuilder and author.
• Rasa Budbergytė (born 1960), a politician of the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania
• Rasa Drazdauskaitė (born 1981), a Lithuanian long-distance runner
• Rasa Juknevičienė (born 1958), a Lithuanian politician
• Rasa Kaušiūtė (born 1977), Lithuanian singer and composer
• Rasa Mažeikytė (born 1976), a Lithuanian cyclist
• Rasa Polikevičiūtė (born 1970), a Lithuanian cycle racer

Places

• Rasa Island, in Palawan, Philippines
• Rasa Island, Japan, the old name of Oki Daitō, an uninhabited Japanese island
• Raša, Istria County, a town in Croatia
• Rasa, Malaysia, a town in Selangor, Malaysia
• Raša (river), a river in Istria, Croatia
• Rasa (Argeș), a river in southern Romania
• Rasa, a village in Grădiștea, Călărași, Romania
• Rasa, Ticino, a hamlet in the Swiss canton of Ticino
• Rasa di Varese, a hamlet in the Italian province of Varese
• Rasa, the former name of Lhasa, Tibet

Other uses

• Rasa (band), a musical duo formed in 1998
• Rasa (mythology), a Lithuanian goddess
• Rasa, one of several Lithuanian names for Saint Jonas' Festival
• Tabula rasa, an epistemological thesis
• Rasa, a character in Mobile Suit Gundam 00
• Relative accessible surface area, a measure of residue solvent exposure
• Relative apparent synapomorphy analysis, a taxonomy term
• Roosevelt Academy Student Association, Student Association of Liberal Arts Honors College in Middelburg, The Netherlands
• Rasa (restaurant), a restaurant in Burlingame, California

See also

• Rasaleela (disambiguation)
• Rasah, a town in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia
• Rassa (disambiguation)
• Raza (disambiguation)
• Ras (disambiguation)
• Raas (disambiguation)

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