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“Concept of Rasa" as seen in Anandavardhana and...
1459 anubhunkte rasā”tmanā. śivágama-jñāir arthóyam evam uktaḥ purātanaiḥ. kalótkalita-caitanyo vidyā-darśita-gocaraḥ. rāgeṇa rañjitaścáyam buddhyā”di-karanair yutaḥ māyādyavani-paryantam tattva-bhūtāni sthitam. bhunkte tatra sthito bhogān bhogaika-rasikaḥ pumān prerakatvena buddhyā"dikaraņānām punaḥ punaḥ.” upakurvanti sattva"di gunās te
tatra tatra tu."We will now turn to Nātaka-laksana-ratna-kośa (NLRK.) of Sāgaranandin,
pression is that Sagaranandin has given the summary of what Śāradātanaya has presented at length in the BP.
Actually the NLRK. has not made any theoretical observations on various views concerning rasa-realisation. It has mostly quoted from Bharata and kept quiet over issues of concern. It speaks of eight rasas only and avoids discussing the case of śānta-rasa, altogether. NLRK (Edn. chaukhambha Skt. sansthan, Varanasi, Prof. Babulal Shukla, Shastri, '72) (pp. 182) Kärikā 190 mentions eight rasas to begin the topic, with introductory words such as- "atha rasāḥ kathyante.”
After mentioning the eight rasas, the vștti observes : catvāra eva vā. yataḥ
"śộngāránuguņo hāsyaḥ, karuņo raudra-karmajaḥ, adbhutaḥ karma vīrasya
bībhatsasya bhayānakaḥ-" This follows Bharataś observation concerning prakrti-rasa-s and vikrti-rasa-s.
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