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THE CONCEPT OF RASA : With Special Reference to Abhinavagupta

Edited By :- S.C. Pande

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Type: English

Pages: xxvi+262

ISBN-13: 978-81-7305-384-9

Place: New Delhi

Edition: 1st

Publisher: ARYAN BOOKS INTERNATIONAL

Size: 15cm x 22cm

Product Year: 2009

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Rasa, the aesthetic pleasure, is accepted as the highest value of Sanskrit kavya. In Sanskrit, the word kavya includes both sravya and drsya, i.e. all form of poetry and drama. The rasa is a very old concept and is found in the Upanisad in the sense of pure consciousness or the highest reality. In the field of literary criticism, Bharata, the author of the Natyasastra is the first known Acharya of the rasa theory, and Abhinavagupta is his commentator. Abhinavagupta, hailing from Kashmir, was one of the greatest philosophers and thinkers in the field of Kashmir Shaiva philosophy and literary criticism. He explained the rasa theory propounded by Bharata on the philosophical plain and raised the experience of rasa, i.e. Rasasvada similar to the experience of the Highest Bliss, i.e. Brahmasvada. Abhinavagupta?s rasa theory had a great impact on the whole of rasa school of Sanskrit poetics. The present anthology of twenty-two well-researched papers representing the outcome of a national seminar hosted by Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla, sheds welcome light and presents fresh perspectives on the concept of rasa. It is hoped that the book will be as interesting to the critical reader as it will be informative to the students and scholars of Sanskrit poetics.

Preface Introduction Keynote Address 1. Epistemology of Rasa-Experience ? V.N. Jha 2. Concept of Rasa as Presented by the Vaisnava Theologicians and Alankarikas of Bengal ? H.N. Chatterjee Sastri 3. Theoretical Foundation of Rasa Theory of Abhinavagupta ? Vidya Niwas Mishra 4. Siva-rasa and Natya-rasa Sources of Aesthetic Experience in Abhinavagupta ? Rekha Jhanji 5. Abhinavagupta?s Concept of Santarasa in the Light of his Commentary on the Bhagavadgita ? S. Ranganath 6. The Indian Aesthetic Tradition and Abhinavagupta: Concept of Rasa ? Anupa Pande 7. Rasa and Bhavanukirtana ? Complementarity of Two Concepts ? Kamalesh Datta Tripathi 8. Metaphysical and Psychological Approach to Rasa by Abhinavagupta and Visvanatha ? Biswanarayan Shastri 9. The Problem of Santarasa ? V. Kutumba Sastry 10. Theory of Rasa: A Secular Approach ? Radhavallabh Tripathi 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. Text of Bharata?s Rasasutra 248 ? Rewa Prasad Dwivedi Note on Contributors 259

Prof. Suresh Chandra Pande (b. 1934 at Almora, U.P., now in Uttarakhand) retired as Professor and Head, Sanskrit Department, University of Allahabad in 1995 after a distinguished academic career of about thirty-nine years. He was appointed Professor of Prakrit language in Parshvanath Vidyapith, Varanasi in 1995 for about two years, and Visiting Professor in Indian Institute of Advanced Study (IIAS), Shimla for three years in 2002. Prof. Pande?s branch of specialisation is Sanskrit poetry, drama, poetics and dramaturgy. His first research work was on ?Dhvani School and its Criticisms? and was awarded the D.Phil degree in 1965. Prof. Pande has received many awards including the Certificate of Honour from the President of India in 2001; Sanskrit Mahamahopadhyaya from Hindi Sahitya Sammelan, Allahabad; Certificate of Honour from Sampurnanand Sanskrit University and Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, New Delhi; and Vishishta Puraskar from Uttar Pradesh Sanskrit Sansthanam. He has published many books and research papers and participated in several national and international seminars. His latest book Alamkarakosh (the project work done during the stay at IIAS) is under publication.

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