Shringara
शृङ्गारSanskritSay it: shriṅ · gaa · ra
- aa ee oo ē ō — long vowels: hold them twice as long
The rasa of love and beauty — first and most danced of the nine
ConceptBharatanatyamKuchipudiOdissiMohiniyattam
Meaning
Shringara is the sentiment of love, arising from the lasting emotion of rati (love). It covers both love in union and love in separation, and much of the expressive repertoire, from varnam to padam and javali, lives in this rasa.
Also written: sringara, srungara, shringaram, sringaram