Conformably to the genius of mythological
classification, the Rasas are by some authorities considered to be personified
of various hues, and subject to the influence of different divinities, as
follows:-
Sringara, ..... black subject to Vishnu.
Hasya, ...... white ....... .... Rama.
Raudra, ..... red ..... ...... Rudra.
Vira, ......... red ..... ........ Sakra.
Karuna, ....... grey ..... .... Varuna.
Bhayanaka, .... black ... ... Yama.
Vibhatsa ..... blue ... ........ Mahakala.
Adbhuta ..... yellow ... ..... Brahma.
(Excerpts from "Select Specimens of
the Theatre of the Hindus, Translated from the Original Sanscsrit. by Horace
Hayman Wilson, Esq. in 1827)
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