Rasa can be understood as a
actively changing experience between the artist, expression, and those who get
it. The artist experiences an emotion and is so overwhelmed by it that he seeks
a medium with which to express those emotions. The one who views the artists’
work receives this emotion through the artists’ medium and so experiences the
same emotion felt by the creator. The extent to which the viewer experiences
the emotion felt by the creator depends on both the creator’s ability in
presenting the work and the viewers’ ability to get it.
Human life is given colour
and texture by the many happenings. The one thing that is common to all that
they raise, feelings in us, we all respond to them with
emotions and which is a part of our internal life. Human life focuses Mostly on
these rasas or emotions in order to appeal to the audience. That rasas are
mainly of performing art, or natya, is a fact that has been well-recognized for
centuries now. It is also called the fifth Veda because of its importance. In
it one finds a thorough exposition on the rasas, or emotions that characterize
Life as well as Art.
The NatyaShastra describes nine rasas or NavaRasas which
deals with all human emotion. These two things go hand in hand and are
impossible to treat separately. Today we try to bring to you a flavor of each
of these nine rasas, explaining what each one means and presenting it to you
through some Indian art form.
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