Raga Definition

rägə
ragas
noun
Any of a large number of traditional melody patterns with characteristic intervals, rhythms, and embellishments, used by Hindu musicians as source material for improvisation.
Webster's New World
Passion, love, lust; in Buddhist mythology, a daughter of the demon Mara that personifies these qualities.
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Other Word Forms of Raga

Noun

Singular:
raga
Plural:
ragas

Origin of Raga

  • Sanskrit rāgaḥ color, musical mode

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Anglicised form of Sanskrit राग (rāga)

    From Wiktionary

Raga Sentence Examples

  • It rises, as the Boro or Telgona, in Dar Fertit, and receives from the south and south-west the Raga, Sopo, Chel and Bongo.

  • Each song features a different tabla beat and melodies based on a different Indian raga.

  • Bailey also played a raga mash up with loads of dancehall tunes midway through the set.

  • As this note is in the upper tetrachord of the scale, the raga is then classified as a morning raga.

  • Hence also the universal reverence paid to serpents (raga) since those early days; though whether it simply arose from the superstitious dread inspired by the insidious reptile so fatal to man in India, or whether the verbal coincidence with the name of the once-powerful nonAryan tribe of Nagas had something to do with it must remain doubtful.

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Words Starting With

RRARAG

Words Ending With

AGAAGA

Unscrambles

raga

Words Starting With R and Ending With A

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4 Letter Words4 Letter Words Starting With R4 Letter Words Ending With A