raga
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.54 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any of various melodic forms used in Indian classical music, or a piece of music composed in such a form.
Countable
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A language spoken in Vanuatu.
name
A town in South Sudan.
name
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”)
Example Sentences
- "‘The song is composed in a raga appropriate to the present hour, which is the evening.’"
- "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."