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

Page 290

"Concept of Rasa” as seen in Anandavardhana and...
1465 dagdhvā lokān maheśvaraḥ,....
..... etc- etc. pp. 285- "gaccha brahman purárātim
ambikā-patim īśvaram.... etc. Bharata and others have correlated the origin of drama with Brahmā.
Again according to Bharata, the sons of Bharata brought ‘nārya' down to earth from heaven, when they were inspired by Nahusa. For Šā., the credit goes to Manu and not to Nahusa.
In short, even if we do not pay attantion to the 'pauranika' account in BP., the fact remains that Sa. talks of a different tradition of art, particularly the dramatic art. But with this was also related the poetic art and hence Sa. treats both of the dramatic and poetic arts together. But he seems to represent in both an older tradition that may go by the name of Mālava tradition. Dananjaya and Dhanika, Bhoja, to some extent even Ramacandra and Gunacandra or even their preceptor Hemacandra, and then Sāradātanaya(-we may not mention the anonymous work, Sāhitya-mīmāmsā that preceded Ruyyaka), and Sāgaranandin and Singa-Bhūpāla, to an extent even Vägbhata I and II, and also some other Jain writers on Kavi-śikṣā, and Pratāpa-rudra, followed the lead of this Mālava-School of thought, which was not favourably inclined to Santa-rasa and talked also of four types of anubhāvas such as vāg-arambha, gātrā"rambha, sattvā”-rambha and buddhyārambha types, with the last variety covering rīti-vętti-and pravstti.
Now with this backgroand we will proceed with the Rasārnava-Sudhākara (RS.) of singa-Bhūpāla (ś. B.), to examine the concepts of 'rasa' and 'bhāva' as seen
ur references are to the Ananthashayan Edn. (=Trivendrum Edn.) by T. Ganapatishastri, ’16.)
RS. I. 58 (pp. ibid) observes that rasa in full bloom is the life-breath of nātya i.e. dramatic art. Therefore the author takes up its consideration,
“rasótkarşo hi nāțyasya
prāņās tat sa nirūpyate.” RS. (1. 58b, 59a) defines rasa as,
vibhāvair anubhāvais ca sättvikair vyabhicāribhiḥ, (I. 58b) aniyamānaḥ svādutvam sthāyi bhāvo rasaḥ smộtah. (I. 59A).