raga

noun

1. (countable)Any of various melodic forms used in Indian classical music, or a piece of music composed in such a form.

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

2. (uncountable)Passion, love, lust.

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

   “We get tired of the slipping and sliding between raga and dvesha and we seek something more permanent - so instead of looking outward we begin to look inward. This is Yoga - the heart of Yoga.”

   “In order to increase security, desire (raga, trishna, lobha) appears in all its forms, and one accumulates more and more of that which establishes one's position in samsara.”

   “Raga and dvesha, attachment and hatred, are two sides of the same coin.”

name

1. A language spoken in Vanuatu.
2. A town in Paro district, Bhutan.
3. A town in South Sudan.
4. (alt-of, alternative)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”)