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"Concept of Rasa" as seen in Anandavardhana and......
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Vidyanatha rules out the case of 'nata' experiencing rasa, for he simply imitates : (pp. 206, ibid) - "natasya anukaraṇa-mātra-paratayā naiva rasā'śraya-yogyatā.” But gives some concession as is done by the ND., such as when the nata becomes a 'bhāvuka' or a sympathiser like a sāmājika, he may experience rasa - "tasya bhāvukatvā'bhyupagame'pi sāmājikatvam eva" - Thus as a sāmājika he is entitled to enjoy rasa !
Vidyanatha holds, following Bharata and the rest, that the manifestation of anubhavas (on the part of the actor) depends on expertise due to training, practice etc.
He discusses rasa-virodha smoothened by poet's expert handling. He talks of 'rasad rasótpatti', again following the lead of Śṛngara-tilaka. He talks of vyabhicārins that go with this or that rasa, again following Śṛngāra-tilaka.
He observes that (pp. 208, ibid): "bhāratīyókta-prakriyaya yady apy eka eva rasas tathā'pi mahākavi-prasiddhayā rasa-samkaraḥ svīkriyate."
We do not know what he is aiming at by 'bharatiyókta prakriya'. But he seems to recommend that basically there is one rasa but rasas are said to be many with reference to the practice of the great good poets. Here perhaps he shows impressions of both Abhinavagupta and Bhoja.
Then talking about rasavad ādi alamkāras, Vidyānātha proceeds to observe (pp. 208, ibid)
"tatra rasă"der a-prādhānye rasavad ādy alamkārāḥ bhavanti. anyā'ngatvena rasa-nibandhane rasavad alamkāraḥ, bhāva-nibandhane preyo'lamkāraḥ. rasā"bhāsabhāvā"bhāsa-nibandhane ūrjasvi alamkāraḥ. bhāva-śānti nibandhane samāhitā'lamkāraḥ. tathā bhāvódayo'pi."
He seems to follow here the lead of Alamkara-sarvasva. He observes: (pp. 208, ibid): "etad alamkara-sarvasve prapañcena uktam." He says that these will be illustrated in the chapter on alamkāras.
At the end of the chapter on rasa, he tries to give a sort of summary that helps in apprehending the nature of rasa : All this is mostly under the influence of the Mälava School of thought. He observes (pp. 208, 211, ibid):
"guṇā'lamkāraśrī-kṛta-parikaro bhāvavibhavaḥ sphurat-prādurbhāvaḥ kramagalita-vedyántarasukham vā duḥkham vā nibiḍayaty yunoḥ sahṛdaye tvamandā❞nandā❞tmā pariṇamati pūrṇo rasabharaḥ" raso vākyárthaḥ san vilasati
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