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etc., and fiTIRATES such as firmness, wisdom, etc., other theorists do not accept this view, because, they hold that TH and Tra are synonyms; that the admission of TA exceeds the list of the forty-nine व्यभिचारिन्s of भरतमुनि wherein शम is not mentioned; and that, while lautas like TH=27fe can be appropriately connected with love, etc., which arise immediately after these विभावs, but तपसू , वेदाध्ययन, etc., do not immediately give rise to 7-7. If 1971 etc., are held to be the immediate causes of तत्त्वज्ञान, then, since तत्त्वज्ञान which precedes शान्त is their immediate effect. Ata etc., causes to be the fearts of -. Again, the absence of lust, etc., cannot be the Thras, of
Tra, because, firstly many other Rasas are also characterized by their absence and secondly such an absence of lust etc. ( FTA) is not stageable. Hence the absence of lust etc. is no conclusive evidence of a. Further, firmness of mind etc., associated with attainment of an object, cannot be appropriate to a. Therefore, or does not exist.
Abhinavagupta's Reply to Critics of 7ETTA
Just as 7,79 and fra are goals of life, so also fra is a goal of life and, in fact, 12 dominates the other three goals in this that the scriptures uphold its importance as well as lay down the means of its attainment. So, if trà etc., which are the mental states appropriate to the first three goals, can become Rasas why cannot the mental state proper to the highest goal of life, become Rasa ? Clearly, therefore, the mental state which is appropriate to the attainment of FT (THTETITFear चित्तवृत्तिः) is the स्थायिभाव of शान्त. What is the name of this चित्तवृत्ति ? निर्वेद or world-weariness born of तत्त्वज्ञान, according to some theorists. These theorists derive support from the mention ( in the artza ) of a mid-way between the list of स्थायिभाबs and the सञ्चारिभावs, though tradition required a more
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