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<div>{{short description|One of the nine rasas}}<br />
{{unreferenced|date=May 2011}}'''Sringara''' ({{lang-sa|शृङ्गार}}, {{IAST|śṛṅgāra}}) is one of the nine [[Rasa (aesthetics)|rasas]], usually translated as erotic love, romantic love, or as attraction or beauty. ''Rasa'' means "flavour", and the theory of rasa is the primary concept behind classical [[Indian arts]] including theatre, music, dance, poetry, and sculpture. Much of the content of traditional Indian arts revolves around the relationship between a man and a woman. The primary emotion thus generated is Sringara. The romantic relationship between lover and beloved is a metaphor for the relationship between the individual and the [[divinity|divine]].<br />
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Classical theater/dancers (i.e. [[Bharatanatyam]], [[Odissi dance|Odissi]], [[Mohiniyattam]]) refer to Sringara as 'the Mother of all rasas.' Sringara gives scope for a myriad of other emotions including jealousy, fear, anger, compassion, and of course for the expression of physical intimacy. No other Rasa has such a vast scope.<br />
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The treatment and performance of Sringara varies on a large scale from the grotesque (as in [[Koodiyattam]]) to very refined and subtle (as in some styles of Bharatanatyam, or in Odissi).<br />
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[[Image:Sringara3sm.jpg|left|thumb|Expression of ''Sringāra'' in [[Bharatanatyam]]]]<br />
The attraction between lover and beloved is a metaphor for the relationship between the individual and the [[divinity|divine]], the Nara-Narayana relationship. [[Natya Shastra]] lists Vishnu as the presiding deity of the Sringara rasa.<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Natyakalpadrumam]]<br />
*[[Kutiyattam]]<br />
*[[Mohiniyattam]]<br />
*[[Māni Mādhava Chākyār]]<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100523135744/http://knol.google.com/k/sringara-rasa-the-most-intimate-secret-of-the-classical-indian-dance-in Sringara] - a Knol article elaborating on the subject<br />
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[[Category:Indian culture]]<br />
[[Category:Theatre in India]]<br />
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