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explanation We agree with Dr Kulkarni when he observes, "A close look at the verse would reveal that its first half is concerned with the rasa-nuspattı whereas the second half with its enjoyment by a sahrdaya" Then, while explaining the Sthāyıbhāva (p 21), Dr Kulkarni quotes a verse, viz "bahūnām samavetānām" etc, and suggests that Abhinavgupta quotes it in his Locana, the verse seems to be a genuine one We agree with this Dr Kulkarni has given the page number (p 386) of the B P Edn which he has consulted But we wish that everywhere he has quoted from Locana, he should have given the direct reference also, such as "Locana on Dhv - udyota number Karikā number” The b' part of this verse can be explained as "Sa sthāyı (bhāvah) rasah mantavyah, s'esah (bhāvāh) Sañcarino matäh"-meaning—"that sthāyıbhāva quich is delineated in major portion of a given composition leads to the principal rasa, the rest to subordinate rasas" Actually Abhinavagupta, does the same as seen in the text quoted by Dr V M Kulkarni on pp 21, and the translation that follows Dr Kulkarni observes (
p 23)—"From these passages it would seem that according to Abhinavgupta, vāsanās or samskāras are the same as sthāyıbhāvas " We may further explain that väsanās or samskāras are for Abhinavgupta the laukika sthāyıbhāvas and they become alaukika when presented through the medium of art and attain to the state of rasa On pp 23, Dr Kulkarni goes to observe "After it is activated there takes place hrdaya-samvāda (sympathetic response) Our feeling is that first step is hrdaya. samvāda or sympathetic identification on the part of the sāmājika ie his mind should rest in the Kavya-vastu, and then follows the rest For this quality, hrdaya-samvada-18 absence of disbelief on the part of the samājika, and if disbelief continues it leads to the first of the seven faults concerning rasaexperience, viz Sambhāvanā-virahah Or, perhaps it is both absence of disbelief and incapacity to feel a particular bhāva, which both make for hrdaya-samvada, Abhinavgupta in his commentary on the S'anta-rasa goes to observe that—"na sarvasya sarvatra hrdaya-samvādah " This point is open to debate Dr Kulkarni (
p 24) correctly observes that the Vyabhıcāri-bhāvas, can attain the status of a Sthäyıbhāva We may refer to the reading accepted by Masson and Patwardhan in their presentation of the portion of the A bh (=Abhinavabhāratī) on the s'antarasa in their excellent work on the S'antarasa The author observes that, "There is, however, no such suggestion from
