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“Concept of Rasa” as seen in Anandavardhana and... __ 1485
1485 evam ekona-pañcāśad bhāvāh syur militā ime. evam hi sthāyino bhāvān Śinga-bhūpatir abhyadhāt.- II. 160. athaiņām rasa-rūpatvam ucyate Singa-bhūbhujā, vidvanmānasa-hamsena rasa-bhāva-vivekinā. II. 161. ete ca sthāyinaḥ svaiḥ svair vibhāvair vyabhicāribhiḥ, sättvikair anubhāvaiếca națábhinaya-yogataḥ. II. 162 sākṣātkāram ivā”nītaiḥ prāpitāḥ svādurūpatām, sāmājikānām manasi
prayānti rasa-rūpatām. II. 163. The sthāyins attain to the status of rasa in the minds of the connoisseurs. With the help of particular vibhāva-s. etc., and the acting of the actors, the sthāyins are as it were directly experienced-sāksātkāram iva ānītãh-and raised to the status of taste in the minds of the sāmājikas. They are then termed rasa-s.
The illustration is also drawn, to explain this, from Bharata. RS. II. 164, 5 read as
dadhyā”di-vyañjana-dravyais' ciñcā”dibhir atha ausadhaiḥ. guļā"di-madhura-dravyair yathāyogam samanvitaiḥ. - II. 164. yadvat pāka-viśesena sādavā”khyo rasaḥ paraḥ, nişpadyate, vibhāvā"dyaiḥ
prayogeņa tathā rasaḥ. II. 165. The nature of rasa is supreme bliss and it is experienced by men of taste
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