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I've made some changes to this article today, the main two being:
Working on the introduction as advised by David - I've tried describing it as a part of the traditional story of Krishna, which I felt was the most direct explanation without including any concepts which a general reader might not be familiar with. The term 'pastime', although making sense to someone knowledgeable, reads as too abstract a concept for a general reader in my opinion.
The second major change was to remove the section regarding Imitation of the Rasa-Lila. The quote from Bhagavata Purana referred to the verse:
"One who is not a great controller should never imitate the behavior of ruling personalities, even mentally. If out of foolishness an ordinary person does imitate such behavior, he will simply destroy himself, just as a person who is not Rudra would destroy himself if he tried to drink an ocean of poison." (10.33.30)
As this verse does not directly reference the Rasa dance or Rasa-lila, then we cannot use it to support a point of view that Rasa-lila should not be imitated. This would then count as original research. What we could do is explain the viewpoints different traditions within Vaishnavism regarding the Rasa-lila, and how and when they believe it should be performed (or not). That would ideally have to be backed up by a number of references from different, or more general backgrounds, especially because it is somewhat of a controversial subject matter in some quarters.
The other changes were mostly cosmetic, or minor alteration to links & formatting etc... Please feel free to agree/disagree & discuss any of the above.
Also, do you have any ideas on how we might be able to expand further with this article generally? Best wishes, Gouranga(UK) (talk) 11:26, 13 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
The etymology provided by this article is incorrect. "Rasa" (aesthetics) is a different word in Sanskrit than『rāsa』(tumult). A better translation would be "tumultuous dance."
It is my understanding that the traditional classical Indian dance form that most closely depicts the Rasa lila is the Orissi (Odissi) dance, not the Manipuri dance. Can someone verify this?--Cminard (talk) 13:22, 6 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
