RASA BY TANU SHARMA

1. SHRINGARA (LOVE/BEAUTY)
 Shringara is the one of the nine rasa of the Navarasas.
 Shringara is the rasa used to portray on stage romantic love b/w a man and woman.

 Desire is the primary emotion expressed through shringara rasa. Shringara is of

two types – Sambhoga Shringara and Vipralambha Shringara.
 Sambhoga is the state when the hero and the heroine are together or united.
 The state when they are apart is Vipralambha. The heartache and pain of separation
from the loved one is conveyed to Vipralambha.
2. HASYA (LAUGHTER)
 This rasa is the manifestation of amusement and delight. This emotion is expressed
when witnessing objects or events that evoke amusement. Haasam (laughter) is the
predominant emotion of this rasa.
 The actor portrays the Hasya rasa, he lift one eyebrow, pulls the pupils of his eyes
inward, tightens his nostrils slightly to make the nose smaller, pulls his eye-lids
down half way and takes on an expression of happiness and pleasure.
3. KARUNA (SORROW)
 This rasa is the manifestation of sorrow, pain, sadness and bitterness that the
character experience as a result of the departure of or parting from loved ones, death,
thwarting of undesirable event.
 The actor contracts his pupils and looks downward, keeps his nostrils still, pull his
cheeks in slightly and turn his neck slowly from side to side.
4. RAUDRA (ANGER)
 The rasa that is evoked when one is greatly wronged or humiliated. The base
emotion is rage, and is manifested through a readiness to protest and resist, through
verbal aggression, and through violence and war.
 Flared nostrils, quivering lips and clenched teeth also add to the intensity of the
emotion on his face reddened by rage.
5. VEERA (HEROISM/COURAGE)
 Vera is the passion and eagerness evoked in the heart while the person engages in
fighting for good over evil, protecting a just cause and safeguarding the interests of
the helpless.
 Veera rasa is of four types: Dharma veera, Daya veera, Daana veera, Yudha veera.
 When reacting proactively to the call of duty, one feels Dharma veera; Daya veera
rasa is the evoked when responding to a call for protection; Dana veera is the
eagerness to help a person reaching out to you in his needs; Yudha veera is the
valour and fervor of a warrior who calls his enemy out for a fight.
 The actor attempts to inflame his face with an expression of pupils aggressively,
raising his eyebrows (and oftentimes twitching them), stretching his eyelids, and
raising his cheek bones.
6. BHAYANAKA (TERROR/FEAR)
 Bhayanaka is the feeling of panic and dread brought on by the antcipation of
danger.
 It denotes a weakness of heart and a want of strength in character. Fear is the base
emotion of the Bhayanaka rasa.
 To portray Bhayanaka, the actor widens his pupils and pushes them forcefully
outwards.
 Eyes quivering, he raises his eyebrows one at a time and then together, pulls his
lips inwards, flares his nostrils, and looks from side to side like a deer that has
caught the scent of danger, the darkly reddened face conveys the adrenaline rush of
extreme fear felt by the character.
7. BHIBHALSA (DISGUST)
 This rasa represents the revulsion that the character feels, on seeing unpleasant
sights or things. Jugassa or disgust is the basic emotion here.
 This rasa, the character stoops his neck forward slightly, pulls his eyes inward to
make them smaller, lowers his eyebrows, blinks his eyes, and pushes his cheeks and
lips downward, all in a highly exaggerated fashion.
8. ATHBHUTHA (SURPRISE/WONDER)

 Athbhutha is the manifestation of the wonder and amazement felt at witnessing

unusual or incomparable objects and events.
 When the eyebrows are raised, the gaze is slowly directed outwards, the eyelids
are stretched to the sides.
 The face displays an expression of delight, you have athbhuta rasa.
9. SHANTHA (PEACE/TRANQUILITY)

 Shantha is the emotion experience by a content mind filled with peace and with an
absence of desire for material comforts.
 The emotion that best expresses this rasa. The state of Shantha is brought about by
liberation from desires and detachment from the material world in combination with
strong faith in God.
 To portrays Shantha, the actor focuses his eyes on the tip of his nose, keeps his
eyelids still and half closed and maintains an expression of realistic calm.
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