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________________ KALPALATAVIVEKA ON ABHINAVABHARATI The text of the Abhinavabharati (A. Bh.), the commentary by Abhinavagupta on Bharata's Natyasastra (NS) is corrupt and, therefore, obscure in many places. The commentary on the Sixth Adhyaya, though better preserved, than the commentaries on other chapters, has still a great deal of obscurity on account of corrupt readings. Many reputed scholars have tried their best to improve the commentary. The Aesthetic Experience According to Abhinavagupta by R. Gnoli and Aesthetic Rapture by Masson and Patwardhan are two of the recent works which have tried to render considerable help in understanding the Rasadhyaya, Chapter VI of Bharata's Ns and the A. Bh. on it. In a series of articles. I made attempts to restore the text of over ninety passages of the A. Bh. mainly with the help of Hemacandra's Kavyanusasana and the Natyadarpana of Ramacandra and Gunacandra both of whom have made liberal use of the A. Bh. in their works? The Kalpalataviveka (KLV) of an anonymous author has incorporated many long passages from the Dhvanyaloka (Dhv.) the Locana commentary on it and the A. Bh. I have shown in a separate paper, entitled "Abhinavabharati Ch. VII Recovered ?" how the KLV has preserved in toto a major portion of the A. Bh on Ch. VII. In this paper I am attempting to restore the text of A. Bh. Ch. VI with the help of the KLV which offers comments on some of its difficult passages, and renders them intelligible, and incidentally, I would correct a few misreadings in the KLV with the help of the A. Bh. 1. अन्यच्च स्थायिनां ये विभावादयोऽभिहितास्तैरेव योगे स्थायिनः स्फीता भवेयू रसा स्युरित्यर्थः / अयोगे तु स्थायिन एवेति किं रसावस्थापरपर्यायायां स्फीतदशायां पुनर्विभावादिप्रतिपादनेन / -KLV p. 303, 11 13-15 The text of the A. Bh. which is commented here upon, reads : Fremati 080poezi (Vol. I. p. 272 1.14) The reading 'Sthita' makes no sense. The KLV reading 'Sphita' which directly yields the sense 'in its intensified state is highly superior and, seems convincingly to be genuine. 2. arsata cfa i Brent yeasti Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org
| 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 |