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About the Volume
Of the Sanskrit theories of art the rasa theory is the most important. This theory has been much discussed and written about. Some of its aspects, however needed to be re-examined. These aspects include: the nature of rasa : laulika, alaukika, the rasa theory and the darśanas (systems of philosophy), the rasa theory in relation to other fine arts, the rasa theory and its relevance to modern literature, catharsis and rasa, and the like.
The present volume discusses some of these aspects critically and exhaustively and should provide rich food for thought and stimulate further study and research in depth in the field of ancient critical thought in India and its relation with modern literary thought in the West.
About the Editor
Dr. V. M. Kulkarni, formerly Director, B. L. Institute of Indology, Patan, Professor of Sanskrit and Prakrit (Maharashtra Educational Service, Class I) and Director of Languages, Maharashtra State, Bombay has taught Sanskrit and Prakrit Literature, Sanskrit Poetics and Aesthetics for several years. Besides contributing critical articles and notes to Encyclopaedias in English and Marathi he has published over ninety papers and critical reviews in various research Journals of repute.
His works include:
Studies In Sanskrit Sahitya-Šāstra : A collection of selected papers relating to Sanskrit Poetics and Aesthetics, published by the B.L. Institute of Indology, Patan (North Gujarat), 1983.
Prakrit Verses In Sanskrit Works On Poetics - A Critical Edition : Volume I (dealing with over 2800 Prakrit verses and their Sanskrit Cchāyā and Alphabetical Indexes), being published by the B.L. Institute of Indology, Delhi, (in the press), and several editions such as:
