Kavyanushasana Critical Study

SR No.: 001713
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: A N Upadhye
Publisher: A N Upadhye
Publication Year: 1987
Total Pages: 558
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Literature, & Kavya
File Size: 10 MB

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The second kind of are is fafa- the gentle laughter, which involves slight sound and sweetness, and is suitable to the occasion, and, in it, the eyes and the cheeks should be contracted and the face should appear joyful or red. ika is the laughter not suitable to time, and during it, tears come and the shoulders and the head are violently shaken, and it comes at a wrong place. Here fa and a belong to persons of the superior type ( उत्तम ), विहसित to the middle type ( मध्यम ) and the vulgar smile ( अपहसित ) belongs to the inferior type ( अधम ). Thus, we have आत्मस्थ -हास of three types : स्मित ( उत्तम ), विहसित ( मध्यम ) and अपहसित (अधम) To impart authenticity to his views, Hemachandra quotes three verses from the Natyaśastra (VI. 54, 56 & 58) of Bharata which describe the threefold laughter.
In the next Sutra (II. 11) our author defines Parasthahāsa (-) or laughter pertainingt o another.91 When a man is made to laugh at the sight of another man laughing, it is called . This is also threefold, with slight variations in names: हसित, उपहसित and अपहसित, belong to High (उत्तम), Middling ( मध्यम ) and Lowly (3) persons respectively. Here too Bharata is quoted (Natyaśāstra VI-55, 57, 59). Hasita is a smile characterized by blooming eyes, face and cheeks, only slightly displaying the cheeks. During Upahasita or the laughter of ridicule, the nose expands, the eyes squint and the shoulder and the head bend. अतिहासित is the excessive laughter in which the eyes are expanded through agitation and there is a copious flow of tears, the sound is shrill and the two sides are pressed with hands. Verse 109 is an example of Atmastha hasya. It describes the queer dress of lord Siva who, as a bride-groom, wanted to invite the attention of Parvati. Parasthahasya is described in the next verse (110). It illustrates a laughter excited by the laughter of others. Here the cloud-like dark form of Krsna is reflected in Radha's breasts and mistaking his own form for the blue garment of Radha, Kṛṣṇa keeps pulling it. At this, Radha laughs
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