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Despair ( fauig) as explained by Panditarāja in Rasagangādhara
- Dr Dhananjaya Bhanja
1. Introduction
In Sanskrit Poetics, the major qualified objectives such as the cause of the poetry, the definition of the poetry, it's division, the nature of rasa, the poetic merits (guna), the blemish (dosa) etc., hold uniqueness in their respective applications in particular. Such one is mood or (bhāva). Since the starting of this very tradition from Bharatamuni to the modern rhetoricians, this concept of mood or 'bhāva' is narrated in such a systemetic way, that covers with large numbers from time to time. Our present study based only on Panditarāja Jagannatha's (= henceforth PR) original text 'Rasagangādhara' (RG). According to PR, there are 34 'bhāvas' namely (1) Joy, (2) Recollection, (3) Bashfulness, (4) Perplexity, (5) Steadiness, (6) Apprehension, (7) Weakness, (8) Wretchedness, (9) Anxiety, (10) Intoxication, (11) Fatigue, (12) Arrogance, (13) Slecping, (14) Judgement, (15) Sickness, (16) Fright, (17) Dreaming, (18) Awakening, (19) Resentment, (20) Dissimulation, (21) Ferocity, (22) Madness, (23) Moribundness, (24) Delīberate, (25) Despair, (26) Longing, (27) Excitement, (28) Stupor, (29) Indolence, (30) Envy, (31) Epilepsy, (32) Inconstancy, (33) Despondence and finally (34) Love i.e. 'rati''.
Among these 34 'bhāvas', one important mood is despair i.c. farar, which needs to be clarified due to it's semblance or may be it's submission with some other moods.
Definition of Despair Mood
“The repentance caused by the non-availability of desired objects, crime done towards King, Teacher, etc., is (fagra). 136 VITIN
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