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________________ DUAL NATURE OF SATTVIKABHAVAS* Of all the chapters in Bharata's Natyasastra the sixth and the seventh chapters, called Rasadhyaya and Bhavadhyaya respectively, are perhaps the most significant as they deal with rasa (sentiment, aesthetic experience) and bhava (emotion or feeling), which according to Bharata are the vital elements of a drama. The Bhavadhyaya treats of eight sthayi bhavas (permanent or dominant emotions), thirty-three vyabhicaribhavas (transitory feelings, accompanying emotions) and eight sattvikabhavas (involuntary states) which together make forty-nine bhavas. From Bharata's own treatment, it is, however, observed that the categories of bhavas are not unalterably fixed. For example, Bharata declares : The accompanying transitory feelings of the sentiment of love (srngara) are all vyabhicarins except laziness, violence and disgust (jugupsa). Now jugupsa, which is the sthayibhava (permanent emotion) of the sentiment of bibhatsa (the sentiment of horror or odium or disgust) is mentioned here as one of the vyabhicarins (transitory feelings) to be avoided when portraying the sentiment of srngara. This statement of Bharata implies that the so-called sthayibhavas can or could come as vyabhicaribhavas of some other rasas. Further the very fact that Bharata defines all the thirty three vyabhicaribhavas and treats them almost as if they were sthayibhavas in the seventh adhyaya indicates that the distinction between the two categories of emotions is rather slender. As regards the sattvika-bhavas Bharata gives them, when defining the individual rasas, as vyabhicaribhavas.? This fact once again shows that the categories of bhavas as sthayins, vyabhicarins and sattvikas are not very strict. In this paper, we confine our discussion to the dual nature of the sattvikabhavas only. While defining karuna, Bharata gives asrupata, mukhasosana smrti-lopa (which according to Abhinavagupta indicates stambha and pralaya) as some of its anubhavas; and stambha, vepathu, vaivarnya, asru, svarabheda as some of its vyabhicaribhavas>>. Again, while defining bhayanaka, Bharata gives pulaka, Jain Education International www.jainelibrary.org For Private & Personal Use Only
| SR No. | 001868 |
| Book Title | Studies in Jain Literature |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | V M Kulkarni |
| Publisher | Shardaben Chimanbhai Educational Research Centre |
| Publication Year | 2001 |
| Total Pages | 114 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English, Literature, & Story |
| File Size | 14 MB |