# Rasa Theory *The science of transcendental relationships with Krishna* Total entries: 129 ## Understanding Rasa Rasa means "mellow" or "taste" - the transcendental emotional exchange between the devotee and Krishna. There are five primary rasas and seven secondary rasas. **Five Primary Rasas:** 1. **[[index/S#śānta-rasa|Śānta-rasa]]** - Neutral/passive relationship - Appreciation of Krishna's greatness - Peaceful devotion 2. **[[index/D#dāsya-rasa defined|Dāsya-rasa defined]]** - Servitorship - Serving Krishna as master - Example: Hanuman 3. **Sakhya-rasa** - Friendship - Playing with Krishna as a friend - Example: Sudama, Arjuna, cowherd boys 4. **[[index/V#vātsalya-rasa|Vātsalya-rasa]]** - Parental love - Caring for Krishna as a child - Example: Yasoda, Nanda Maharaja 5. **Mādhurya-rasa (Śṛṅgāra-rasa)** - Conjugal love - Most intimate relationship - Example: Radharani, gopis **Levels of Bhāva:** - Bhāva - Initial ecstasy - Prema - Pure love - Sneha - Affection - Māna - Transcendental anger - Praṇaya - Deeper love - Rāga - Deep attachment - Anurāga - Further attachment - Mahābhāva - Highest ecstasy (Radharani's mood) **Two Types of Conjugal Love:** - **[[index/S#svakīya-rasa|Svakīya-rasa]]** - Married relationship (queens in Dwarka) - **[[index/entries/parakiya-rasa|Parakīya-rasa]]** - Paramour relationship (gopis in Vrindavan - highest) ## All Related Entries - [[index/A#acyuta-bhāva-siddha defined|Acyuta-bhāva-siddha defined]] - [[index/A#adhirūḍha-bhāva|Adhirūḍha-bhāva]] - [[index/A#anubhāva|Anubhāva]] - [[index/A#anubhāva defined|Anubhāva defined]] - [[index/A#anurasa defined|Anurasa defined]] - [[index/A#anurāga|Anurāga]] - [[index/A#aparasa defined|Aparasa defined]] - [[index/A#avabodha-rasa defined|Avabodha-rasa defined]] - [[index/A#aśānta defined|Aśānta defined]] - [[index/B#bhajamāna (son of andhaka)|Bhajamāna (son of Andhaka)]] - [[index/B#bhajamāna (son of sātvata)|Bhajamāna (son of Sātvata)]] - [[index/B#bhajamāna (son of śūra)|Bhajamāna (son of Śūra)]] - [[index/B#bhakti-bhāva defined|Bhakti-bhāva defined]] - [[index/entries/bhava|Bhāva]] - [[index/B#bhāva (ecstasy)|Bhāva (ecstasy)]] - [[index/B#bhāva defined|Bhāva defined]] - [[index/B#bhāvana defined|Bhāvana defined]] - [[index/B#bhūta-bhāvana, kṛṣṇa as|Bhūta-bhāvana, Kṛṣṇa as]] - [[index/B#bhūta-bhāvanaḥ, supreme lord as|Bhūta-bhāvanaḥ, Supreme Lord as]] - [[index/B#brahma-bhāvana defined|Brahma-bhāvana defined]] - [[index/B#brahmānanda (brahma-nirvāṇa) defined|Brahmānanda (brahma-nirvāṇa) defined]] - [[index/B#brahmānanda defined|Brahmānanda defined]] - [[index/B#brahmānandīs defined|Brahmānandīs defined]] - [[index/C#cinmaya-rasa potency|Cinmaya-rasa potency]] - [[index/C#conjugal love|Conjugal love]] - [[index/C#conjugal love, kṛṣṇa enjoys|Conjugal love, Kṛṣṇa enjoys]] - [[index/D#dhṛṣṭi (son of bhajamāna)|Dhṛṣṭi (son of Bhajamāna)]] - [[index/D#dāsya stage of devotional service|Dāsya stage of devotional service]] - [[index/D#dāsya-rasa defined|Dāsya-rasa defined]] - [[index/D#dāsyam defined|Dāsyam defined]] - [[index/H#habibara rahamāna|Habibara Rahamāna]] - [[index/K#kṛṣṇa-bhāvanāmṛta-saṅgha defined|Kṛṣṇa-bhāvanāmṛta-saṅgha defined]] - [[index/K#kṛṣṇa-prema defined|Kṛṣṇa-prema defined]] - [[index/K#kṛṣṇa-prema-taraṅgiṇī|Kṛṣṇa-prema-taraṅgiṇī]] - [[index/entries/mahabhava|Mahābhāva]] - [[index/M#mahābhāva defined|Mahābhāva defined]] - [[index/M#mellows, types of, five listed|Mellows, types of, five listed]] - [[index/M#mādhurya-rasa defined|Mādhurya-rasa defined]] - [[index/M#māna|Māna]] - [[index/M#māna defined|Māna defined]] - [[index/M#māna-bhūti defined|Māna-bhūti defined]] - [[index/M#māna-śūnyatā defined|Māna-śūnyatā defined]] - [[index/M#mānasa|Mānasa]] - [[index/M#mānasa-pūjā defined|Mānasa-pūjā defined]] - [[index/M#mānava defined|Mānava defined]] - [[index/N#nectar of devotion, bhāva described in|Nectar of Devotion, bhāva described in]] - [[index/P#padmarāga-maṇi|Padmarāga-maṇi]] - [[index/entries/parakiya-rasa|Parakīya-rasa]] - [[index/P#parakīya-rasa defined|Parakīya-rasa defined]] - [[index/P#parakīya-rasa, lust absent in|Parakīya-rasa, lust absent in]] - [[index/P#paraṁ bhāvam defined|Paraṁ bhāvam defined]] - [[index/P#pavamāna|Pavamāna]] - [[index/P#prasannātmā defined|Prasannātmā defined]] - [[index/P#pratyak praśāntam explained|Pratyak praśāntam explained]] - [[index/P#praśānta|Praśānta]] - [[index/P#praśānta defined|Praśānta defined]] - [[index/P#praśānta-karaṇaḥ defined|Praśānta-karaṇaḥ defined]] - [[index/P#praśāntas defined|Praśāntas defined]] - [[index/P#praśāntaṁ sama-darśanam, lord as|Praśāntaṁ sama-darśanam, Lord as]] - [[index/P#praṇaya defined|Praṇaya defined]] - [[index/P#prema|Prema]] - [[index/P#prema defined|Prema defined]] - [[index/P#prema-mañjarī|Prema-mañjarī]] - [[index/P#prema-taraṅgiṇī|Prema-taraṅgiṇī]] - [[index/P#prema-vaicittya|Prema-vaicittya]] - [[index/P#prema-vilāsa|Prema-vilāsa]] - [[index/P#prema-vilāsa-vivarta|Prema-vilāsa-vivarta]] - [[index/P#premānandīs defined|Premānandīs defined]] - [[index/P#pūrva-rāga|Pūrva-rāga]] - [[index/R#rasa (relationship with kṛṣṇa), conjugal|Rasa (relationship with Kṛṣṇa), conjugal]] - [[index/R#rasa (relationships), types of, five listed|Rasa (relationships), types of, five listed]] - [[index/R#rasa (taste)|Rasa (taste)]] - [[index/R#rasa, material|Rasa, material]] - [[index/R#rasa-graha|Rasa-graha]] - [[index/R#rasa-jña, lord & devotees as|Rasa-jña, Lord & devotees as]] - [[index/R#rasa-mañjarī|Rasa-mañjarī]] - [[index/R#rasajña|Rasajña]] - [[index/entries/rasas|Rasas]] - [[index/R#rasas defined|Rasas defined]] - [[index/R#rādhā-bhāva|Rādhā-bhāva]] - [[index/R#rādhā-rasa-sudhā-nidhi|Rādhā-rasa-sudhā-nidhi]] - [[index/R#rāga|Rāga]] - [[index/R#rāga-bhakti defined|Rāga-bhakti defined]] - [[index/R#rāga-mañjarī|Rāga-mañjarī]] - [[index/R#rāga-mārga defined|Rāga-mārga defined]] - [[index/R#rāgalekhā|Rāgalekhā]] - [[index/R#rūḍha-bhāva|Rūḍha-bhāva]] - [[index/S#sahasrājit (son of bhajamāna)|Sahasrājit (son of Bhajamāna)]] - [[index/S#sakhya defined|Sakhya defined]] - [[index/S#sakhya stage of devotional service|Sakhya stage of devotional service]] - [[index/S#sakhyam in kṛṣṇa consciousness|Sakhyam in Kṛṣṇa consciousness]] - [[index/S#samprasanne defined|Samprasanne defined]] - [[index/S#samāna|Samāna]] - [[index/S#samāna air|Samāna air]] - [[index/S#sneha defined|Sneha defined]] - [[index/S#sthāyi-bhāva|Sthāyi-bhāva]] - [[index/S#sthāyi-bhāva defined|Sthāyi-bhāva defined]] - [[index/S#svabhāva defined|Svabhāva defined]] - [[index/S#svakīya-rasa|Svakīya-rasa]] - [[index/S#sārasa defined|Sārasa defined]] - [[index/T#trasaddasyu|Trasaddasyu]] - [[index/T#trasareṇu defined|Trasareṇu defined]] - [[index/U#uparasa defined|Uparasa defined]] - [[index/V#vibhāva|Vibhāva]] - [[index/V#vibhāvarī|Vibhāvarī]] - [[index/V#vipralambha-sakhya defined|Vipralambha-sakhya defined]] - [[index/V#vātsalya (filial love)|Vātsalya (filial love)]] - [[index/V#vātsalya stage of devotional service|Vātsalya stage of devotional service]] - [[index/V#vātsalya-rasa|Vātsalya-rasa]] - [[index/A#ādi-rasa|Ādi-rasa]] - [[index/A#ānanda-cinmaya-rasa|Ānanda-cinmaya-rasa]] - [[index/A#ānanda-cinmaya-rasa defined|Ānanda-cinmaya-rasa defined]] - [[index/A#āsuraṁ bhāvam āśritāḥ|Āsuraṁ bhāvam āśritāḥ]] - [[index/A#āsurika-bhāva defined|Āsurika-bhāva defined]] - [[index/A#ātmānanda defined|Ātmānanda defined]] - [[index/A#ātmānandī|Ātmānandī]] - [[index/A#ātmānandī defined|Ātmānandī defined]] - [[index/I#īśvara-bhāva defined|Īśvara-bhāva defined]] - [[index/S#śini (son of bhajamāna)|Śini (son of Bhajamāna)]] - [[index/S#śuddha-bhāva|Śuddha-bhāva]] - [[index/S#śānta|Śānta]] - [[index/S#śānta defined|Śānta defined]] - [[index/S#śānta stage of devotional service|Śānta stage of devotional service]] - [[index/S#śānta-rasa|Śānta-rasa]] - [[index/S#śānta-rati|Śānta-rati]] - [[index/S#śāntam defined|Śāntam defined]] - [[index/S#śāntaraja|Śāntaraja]] - [[index/S#śṛṅgāra-rasa defined|Śṛṅgāra-rasa defined]] - [[index/S#śṛṅgāra-rasa-maṇḍana|Śṛṅgāra-rasa-maṇḍana]] ## Related Categories - [[index/personalities/gopis|Gopis]] - [[index/concepts/bhakti-stages|Bhakti Stages]] - [[index/scriptures/nectar-of-devotion|Nectar of Devotion]]