Rasa or RASA may refer to:

Indian culture

  • Rasa (aesthetics), a concept in the Indian performing arts
  • Rasa (theology), a concept of nectar or emotional rapture related to Krishna devotion
  • Rasā, a mythical river mentioned in the Rigveda
  • Rasa lila, a dance performed by the Hindu god Krishna with his consort Radha and other milkmaids
  • Rasa (literary form), an early literary form of Gujarati literature and Apabhramsa
  • Rasa, the nutritive fluid that flows in the body and nourishes all other tissues according to Ayurveda

People

  • Rasa von Werder (born 1945), German-Lithuanian bodybuilder and author.
  • Rasa Budbergytė (born 1960), a politician of the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania
  • Rasa Drazdauskaitė (born 1981), a Lithuanian long-distance runner
  • Rasa Juknevičienė (born 1958), a Lithuanian politician
  • Rasa Kaušiūtė (born 1977), Lithuanian singer and composer
  • Rasa Mažeikytė (born 1976), a Lithuanian cyclist
  • Rasa Polikevičiūtė (born 1970), a Lithuanian cycle racer

Places

  • Rasa Island, in Palawan, Philippines
  • Rasa Island, Japan, the old name of Oki Daitō, an uninhabited Japanese island
  • Raša, Istria County, a town in Croatia
  • Rasa, Malaysia, a town in Selangor, Malaysia
  • Raša (river), a river in Istria, Croatia
  • Rasa (Argeș), a river in southern Romania
  • Rasa, a village in Grădiștea, Călărași, Romania
  • Rasa, Ticino, a hamlet in the Swiss canton of Ticino
  • Rasa di Varese, a hamlet in the Italian province of Varese
  • Rasa, the former name of Lhasa, Tibet

Other uses

  • Rasa (band), a musical duo formed in 1998
  • Rasa (mythology), a Lithuanian goddess
  • Rasa (restaurant), a restaurant in Burlingame, California
  • RASA (restaurant), a restaurant in Toronto
  • Rasa, a character in Mobile Suit Gundam 00
  • Rasa, one of several Lithuanian names for Saint Jonas' Festival
  • Relative accessible surface area, a measure of residue solvent exposure
  • Relative apparent synapomorphy analysis, a taxonomy term
  • Roosevelt Academy Student Association, Student Association of Liberal Arts Honors College in Middelburg, The Netherlands
  • Rowe-Ackermann Schmidt Astrograph, an aberration-free wide-field imaging telescope based on the Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope.
  • Tabula rasa, an epistemological thesis
  • Druskininkų Rasa, a Lithuanian manufacturer of bottled natural mineral water and soft drinks

See also

  • Rasaleela (disambiguation)
  • Rasah, a town in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia
  • Rassa (disambiguation)
  • Raza (disambiguation)
  • Ras (disambiguation)
  • Raas (disambiguation)