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Raga

name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A language spoken in Vanuatu.
  2. 2
    A town in Paro district, Bhutan.
  3. 3
    A town in South Sudan.
  4. 4
    Alternative form of Ray (“a region and satrapy in ancient Iran located between the Alborz and Zagros mountain ranges and the Dasht-e Kavir desert”) alt-of, alternative
Noun
  1. 1
    Any of various melodic forms used in Indian classical music, or a piece of music composed in such a form. countable

    "‘The song is composed in a raga appropriate to the present hour, which is the evening.’"

  2. 2
    Passion, love, lust. uncountable

    "The conditions of asmita, raga, dvesha, and abhinivesha have a physical basis: they function to inhibit the normal pulsatory rhythms of the physical body."

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit राग (rāga, “dye, colour”).

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