Rasa, Dhwani and Auchitya—some additional materials
Materials taken from a project summited to the UGC
S. Sreekumar
S. Sreekumar
Bharatha’s Rasa, Anandavardhana’s Dhwani and Kshemendra’s Aucitya are considered the cardinal
concepts of Indian Aesthetics by many Indian aestheticians like C.D.
Narasimhaiah (East West Poetics at Work)
and V. Raghavan (Some Concepts of
Alankarasastra). Kapil Kapoor also endorses the importance of these
concepts in no uncertain terms (Literary
Theory: Indian Conceptual Framework)
2.1 Rasa theory
Rasa is produced from a combination of determinants (vibhavas), consequents (anubhavas) and transitory states. Is
there any dristanta for it?
