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Shri Mahavir Jain Aradhana Kendra
www.kobatirth.orgAcharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
INTRODUCTION
In Chapter III the au hor deals with Rasa and Bhava and their divisions, He treats of nine Sthayibhavas, nine Rasas, Vibhavas (Alambana and Uddipana), Anubhavas, eight Sattvika-bhāvas and thirty three Vya bhicari (Sañcari) bhāvas, and such details about Rasas as the primary and the derivative Rasas, ( their inter relations), their harmonies and conflicts, their colours (Varna) and their presiding deities (Adhidevatā). He clearly acknowledges his indebtedness to ancient or earlier authorities on the subject33. A study of his definitions of technical terms relating to Rasa-Bhava and the like corroborates his statement. Two points, however, deserve special mention: his description of the different factors relating to Santa-Rasa is typically Jaina 34 and is original; another remarkable point is that the author mentions Para-Brahma as the presiding deity of Śrigira. In his celebrated commentary35 on Natyasastra Abhinavagupta writes:
वीरो महेन्द्रदेवः स्यात् बुद्धः शान्तोऽब्जजोऽद्भूतः । इति शान्तवादिनः केचित् पठन्ति । द्धो जिनः परोपकारैकपरः प्रबुद्धो वा ।
From this statement it is clear that the author had not Abhinava-bharati before him but some other text where
33. अतः कारणतोऽस्माभिरुच्यते रसलक्षणम् । पूर्व शास्त्रानुसारेण भावभेद विशेषितम् ॥
34. III 109-112.
35. Abhinavabharati Vol I.
-SC. III-3.
p. 299.
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