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who marry through the deep desire and love of heart, love of wives of nobility, love of mistresses and love of courtezans and elc. Detailed study of varied arts and crafts cultivated and developed is new in its own way. Thus, without offending tradition and the picture of social life depicted thereit, the author gives to us a picture of the other side of social life then. His approach of respecting tradition and with it giving his reflections on the basis of the Kāmasūtra, is correct and sound. Wc thus get a full all-sided representative and genuinely real picture of social life then. The most interesting is the study of the life of the Nāgaraka. One more fact to be noted is that the whole depiction of social life as reflected in the Kämaüstra is realistic, impartial and objective; it is all-sided and full. Conclusions are very well drawn.
The author had undertaken a difficult, a challenging task, of giving the picture of social life of the third century A.C. on the basis of work that is “Science and Art of love." He has stood his test well and fully met the challenge.
Unfortunately, the book docs not have a Bibliography and Index. These were necessary to enhance the value of the work. Detailed table of contents could also have been given to advantage.
-- R. S. Betal
"Rasa Theory and Allied Problems" Dr. G. K. Bhat, M.S, University, Baroda 1984, pp.69 price Rs. 29/--
Dr. G.K. Bhat delivered a series of lectures on "Rasa Theory and Allied Problems" under the Tagore Chair in Humanities, M.S. University, Baroda. The author clarifics that :
"In the course of my treatment, I offered some explanations and interpretations of some intricate concepts in the Rasa theory and suggested a perspective".
These lectures now appear in book-form.
The book is in nine small chapters in which, the author analyses and oxplains clearly and with precision all important technical terms of Sanskrit poetics that are relevant to the Rasa Theory and its allied
Sambodhi XII-17
