Query: the nine Rasas; what colours are associated?
Clare Martin
clare at coombs.anu.edu.au
Thu Aug 7 11:39:04 UTC 1997
Dear list-members,
I've been reading up on Indian aesthetic theories and I gather that each
rasa has its associated colour. So far I have -
the comic white
the furious red
the terrible black
the erotic blue-black
(from B. N. Goswamy, "Another past, another context: Exhibiting Indian
Art Abroad", in "Exhibiting Cultures", Eds Karp & Levine)
However a literature search has failed to reveal any of the others. If anyone
knows the other colour associations I'd be very keen to hear from you. This
is of more than academic interest to me because I am a visual artist and want
to use this in a series of artworks.
Thank you; Clare
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