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rāgam

rāgam is the alternative form of raga.

Meaning of raga

Noun

raga (countable and uncountable, plural ragas)

  1. (countable) Any of various melodic forms used in Indian classical music, or a piece of music composed in such a form.
    • ‘The song is composed in a raga appropriate to the present hour, which is the evening.’1924, EM Forster, A Passage to India, Penguin, published 2005, page 72
  2. (uncountable) Passion, love, lust.
    • The conditions of asmita, raga, dvesha, and abhinivesha have a physical basis: they function to inhibit the normal pulsatory rhythms of the physical body.2009, Jennifer Schwamm Willis, The Joy of Yoga, →ISBN

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Forms of rāgam

pluralrāgams

Questions about rāgam

What is rāgam the alternative form of?
Rāgam is the alternative form of raga.

Words near rāgam in the dictionary

  1. Rüppell's sand fox
  2. Rüppell's sand foxes
  3. Rüppell's vulture
  4. Rüppell's warbler
  5. Rüppell's warblers
  6. rāgam
  7. rāgams
  8. Rāgarāja
  9. Rāhu
  10. Rāma
  11. rāmen

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