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Navarasas and Colour

The document discusses the nine rasas or emotions described in the ancient Indian text Natyasasthra. Each rasa is associated with a specific bhava or mood, gestures, and facial expressions. They are also each connected to a particular color. The nine rasas are shringara, hasya, karuna, raudra, veera, bhayanaka, bheebhatsya, adbhuta, and shanta, representing love, laughter, compassion, anger, courage, terror, disgust, surprise, and peace respectively.

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Navarasas and Colour

The document discusses the nine rasas or emotions described in the ancient Indian text Natyasasthra. Each rasa is associated with a specific bhava or mood, gestures, and facial expressions. They are also each connected to a particular color. The nine rasas are shringara, hasya, karuna, raudra, veera, bhayanaka, bheebhatsya, adbhuta, and shanta, representing love, laughter, compassion, anger, courage, terror, disgust, surprise, and peace respectively.

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In Natyasasthra, all these nine emotions have been connected with colors that signify all emotions or rasas.

The Aura of a frightened person is black, and the aura of an angry person is red. The nine colors that signifies each emotions are Green (Shringara), White (Hasya), Grey (Karuna), Red (Roudra), Orange (Veera), Black (Bhayanaka), Blue (Bheebhatsya), Yellow (Adbutha) and White (Shantha).
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These nine emotions are Shringara (Love), Bhaynaka (terror), Hasya (Laughter), Karuna (Kindheartedness and compassion), Roudra (Anger), Veera (Courage), Bheebhatsya (Disgust), Adbutha (Surprise), and Shantha (Peace or Tranquility). Each of these nine emotions is the resultant of each Bhava, the gestures and facial expressions of the actors. Natyasasthra identifies each Rasa with the corresponding Bhava or mood. The Natyasastra vividly describe these bhavas to create each rasa.

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RASA

BHAVA

MEANING COLOUR Delight Pale Light Green White Grey Red

Shringar(Erotic) Rati Hasya (Humorous) Karuna (Pathetic) Raudra

Hasa Shoka Krodh

Laughter Sorrow Anger

(Terrible) Veera (Heroic) Bhayanaka (Fearful) Utsaha Bhaya Heroism Fear Pale Orange Black

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Bibhatsa (Odious) Adbhuta (Wonderous) Shanta (Peaceful) Jugupsa Disgust Blue

Vismaya Wonder Calm Peace

Yellow White

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