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Thus, Kavyartha is. Rasa, and the Sthayin and Vyabhicărin - permanent and transitory mental states that bring them into existence are called Bhavas. It is really through the cluster of Sthāyin and Vyabhicărin that the supra-mundane Rasa, whose nature is to be enjoyed, is brought about or turned out or manifested. First of all, the Sthāyin, etc., are cognized, and then in a general way, Rasa is tasted. Therefore, being recognised or realized by cognition first, Sthayin etc., are said to be producers or revealers of Rasa which is relished at a later stage. So it is settled that Rasa is the aim of the poem. To explain : In the verse 37111ZATAART 795: etc., (Šāmba regained his health when he praised the Sun God, etc.), there occurs at first the perception of its literal sense, and then, undoubtedly, arises in the mind of the perceiving subject, a perception which eliminates (FET) the temporal data, etc., assumed by the sentence in question. This perception is presented in the form of : "Whoever praises the Sun regains his health; so I too will praise the Sun to be free from disease."83 Similarly from the words of a poem the appreciative reader has an extra or additional perception.94 The Aesthetic Perception is Unique
In such a qualified person, on hearing the verse Grīvābhangabhiramam etc., (from the play. Sākuntalam I. 2), there appears immediately after the perception of their literal sense, a perception of a different order, an inner perception, consisting in a direct experience which completely eliminates the temporal distinction, etc., possessed by the sentences. Besides the young deer etc. which appears in the perception (प्रतिपत्ति) is without its particularity (विशेष) and at the same time, the actor, who (acting the deer) frightens the spectators, showing to be afraid, is unreal. Thus, what appears is simply fear - fear in itself uncircumscribed by time, space, etc. This perception of fear is of a different order from the ordinary perceptions : *1 am afraid; he - my enemy, my friend, anybody is afraid"; for these are necessarily affected by the appearance
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