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here all the different shapes of diamonds are shown together with the names of the cuts (shapes) in the line below the section Diamond-merchants will like this strip. The spectators will be undoubtedly attracted to this strip as so many cutsshapes can be hardly seen elsewhere. Vajraratna i.e. the diamond related to the planet Venus.
My Preface about nine Sentiments There are trillions of beings having the sense of mind. So the sentiments flowing in their hearts can also be trillions but the calculation or description being impossible the scholarly sages have classified those trillions of sentiments and grouped them in nine major sentiments and moods described in poetics in the literary section. In certain literary and other works eight sentiments are described by including one of them in a major sentiment after classifying the sentiments as major and minor. Similarly the sentiments are shown to be nine or ten as well. Someone has marked out a sentiment called Nootan. For example Anuyogadwar, a revered Jain scripture --Agama notes in sootra 262 (Gatha 63) that nine sentiments are described in a reverse order as Vira (bravery). Shringar (passion), Adbhuta (surprise), Raudra (terrible). Vridanaka (bashfulness), Bibhatsa (nauseating), Hasya (humour), Karuna (tragic) and Prashanta (quiet). Among these. Vridanaka is novel and not found in other books. Anuyogadwar hasnt enumerated Bhayana ka sentiment separately but there clarification is made that they have included Bhayanaka in Raudra sentiment and hence it hasn't been separately dealt with. The whole is the intention of writers 'intelligence. What is Vridanaka? Missing the worship of the worshipful, amounting to discourtesy or exposing the secret of someone who talks may ultimately lead to the internal feeling of shame. This is called the generating of the sentiment of Vridanaka which may also be marked by bashfulness and suspicion. Modern works on poetics haven't referred to this sentiment at all. The ancient book Bharatnatya (CH-6 V-15) has recorded eight sentiments-Shringara, Hasya, Karuna, Raudra, Vira, Bhayanaka, Bibhatsa and Adbhuta except Shanta. Kavyaprakash, written by Mammata has described nine sentiments by adding Shanta sentiment. Kavyalankar and Kavyanusha sana also enumerate nine sentiments, Rudrata has added Preyan as the tenth sentiment to the nine sentiments in his book Kavyalankar.
37. The causative factors producing nine sentiments The tradition of depicting the world-famous nine sentiments through pictures is very ancient but I felt that none has ever known if anyone has drawn pictures by showing the causes behind the sentiments. Probably they might not have even imagined this. Again, I thought about the subjects of illustrations for each of these sentiments. After deep thinking I selected the themes and got the illustrated strips drawn to show the causes of the sentiments. For example, there may be many causes behind the experience of the sentiment Shringar but the sentiment is produced by looking at a beautiful woman, the main cause. So, that illustration is placed here first. Then the joker of the circus is placed, by looking at whom the spectators may experience the sentiment of Hasya. Thus these illustrations of the nine sentiments are the causes and the nine sentiments are the results.
38. Facial expressions during the production of nine sentiments This strip contains illustrations expressing the experience of nine sentiments. No more explanation is needed as the illustrations are self explanatory.
39. Various forms created by the movements of the hands for Japa The chanting of any alphabet, word or a mantra is related to the number and for this there are two convenient methods. Either one keeps a rosary of beads or one may count with the grooves of the fingers. When counting was adopted with the grooves, Avartas were made to make Japa more effective and meaningful so that there would be no botheration to search for or keep the rosary. Avartas mean figures created by various ways. The strip given here depicts seven or eight types of figures. As Shankhavarta is useful as a support or as Japa, the third illustration is that of Shankhavarta. The Japa of Shank havarta is done by relating these two. The Shankhavarta of the right hand is of 12 figures. Counting once would amount to 12. In order not to forget this the palms of both the hands are kept near cach other. Now when 12 counts are made of Japa on the 12 grooves of the fingers on the conch-shape of the right hand, it is counted as one on the Tekan. To remember this the thumb is placed on the middle groove of the second singer of the left hand palm. Then, when 12 counts are made again with the right hand, the thumb is kept as Tekan on the second groove of the third finger of the left hand. Thus there would be nine times Tekan of the left hand and twelve would be counted nine times with the right hand, completing Japa 108 times. If the Japa is to be done by Avarta the number can be counted by keeping the thumb on the groove of the finger which has the shape of the figure 9 and for counting twelve times look at the third Shank havarta illustration. See where is the figure 1. Start counting the grooves by the thumb. As the finger moves on the twelve grooves this shape is formed.
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The dramatists, following the rule of the genus and the species have described Shringara, Raudra, Vira and Bibhats the four sentiments as hasic, stating that Hasya, Karuna, Adbhuta and Bhayanaka, the four other sentiments are born out of them and hence they have accepted only the four basic sentiments But if we think the other way, the sentiments are innumerable
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