Sahrdayaloka Part 03

SR No.: 006910
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Tapasvi Nandi
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad
Publication Year: 2005
Total Pages: 676
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 15 MB

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SAHĶDAYĀLOKA The fourth flash of the DR. (Edn. The Adyar Library Series Vol. 97, '69; Prof. T. Venkatacarya, with Avaloka of Dhanika and Laghuţikā, of Bhatta-Nșsimha, and also, Edn. (Hindi) - Chawkhamba Vidya Bhavan, Chowk, Benares; '55, Dr. Bholashanker Vyas) begins with the remark : (pp. 167, ref.s are to the Adyar Edition) - atha idānim rasabhedaḥ pradarśyate -
"vibhāvair anubhāvais ca sāttvikair vyabhicāribhiḥ, ānīyamānaḥ svādyatvam
sthāyī bhāvo rasaḥ smộtaḥ." (DR. IV. i) . "sthāyi-bhāva or the basic emotion brought to the state of being tasted, with the help of vibhāva-s, anubhāva-s, sātrvikabhāva-s and 'vyabhi cari-bhāva-'s, is rasa.”
Contrary to Bharata, DR. makes a separate mention of the sättvika-bhāvas. Normally the Kashmir School of thought following Bharata chooses to include the - sāttvika-bhāvas in the anu-bhāvas; the former being more concerned with the mental or psychological aspects and the latter being more physical.
The Avaloka (pp. 167, ibid) observes : "vaksyamāna-svabhāvair vibhāvā'nubhāvavyabhicāri-sāttvikaiḥ kāvyópāttair abhinayópadarsitair vā, śrotr-preksakāņām antarviparivartamāno ratyä"dir vaksyamāna-laksanah sthāyī svāda-gocaratām nirbharā”nanda-samvid-ātmatām ānīyamāno rasaḥ. tena rasikāḥ sāmājikāḥ, kāvyam tu tathāvidhā"nanda-samvid-unmilana-herubhāvena rasavat, 'äyur ghrtam' ityā"di-vyapadeśavat.
It may be noted that Dhananjaya does not enter into the topic of how rasa is experienced from poetry or drama. It is Dhanika who elaborately rejects the case of vyañjanā as established by the great Anandavardhana and Abhinavagupta representing what we term as the Kashmir School of thought. Dhanika has supported the case of tātparya as against vyañjanā. We have discussed his antidhvani and anti-vyañjanā approach under both tātparya and vyañjanā earlier. So, we will not get involved in that topic anymore but pick up the thread concerning rasa, the number of rasas, vibhāvā"di etc. as explained and accepted by Dhananjaya in the text of the DR. The DR. IV. 2 speaks of 'vibhāva' as two-fold :
"jñāyamānatayā tatra vibhāvo bhāva-poșakst,