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In the following sutras haat enumerates, defines and illustrates all the रसs.
There are only nine zas. The most familiar and the most delightful of all these #s is fr. arka closely follows in and sometimes serves as its help-mate. SEUT which is exactly opposite of gift, is next mentioned; रौद्र comes next and is very often the cause of करुण. Failure in one's endeavour to get something gives rise to ta (8781791:) based on the feeling of tust. Then comes, वीर based on the religious spirit (धर्मप्रधानः); वीर very often removes fear, hence 9184 comes next. भयानक is closely allied to बीभत्स which comes nexts. वीर finally results in marvellous exploits. 247, therefore, is next mentioned. All these ths, hitherto mentioned, are based on the first three yearis with activity as their characteristic.
Exactly opposite to these three gegrüs comes finally शान्त characterised by passivity (निवृत्ति). These nine रसs are perfectly detached from one another in their characteristics. Others can be definitely included under some one of these ths and hence can not be given a seperate place. Thus Fate, according to some, is the tenth रस with आर्द्रता ( melting of the heart) as its स्थायी भाव. But this can easily be included under fa.
Thus the affection one feels for his friend is nothing but fà; the affection of th for at may be included under धर्मवीर (for राम loved लक्ष्मण almost religiouslysays 47); again the affection which a child feels for its parents can be put under भयानकरस (for, as हेमचन्द्र explains curiously, a child inwardly is afraid of his parents ); similarly an old man's love for his grown
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