नाट्यशास्त्रम् (प्रथम भाग - अभिनवभारती एवं हिन्दी टीका सहित)

102 THE NATYASASTRA [VI. 15-

The eight Sentiments

15. The eight Sentiments (rasa)¹ recognised in drama are as follows : Erotic (śṛṅgāra), Comic (hāsya), Pathetic (karuṇa) Furious (raudra), Heroic (vīra), Terrible (bhayānaka) Odious (bibhatsa) and Marvellous (adbhuta).²

16. These eight are the Sentiments named by Brahman; I shall now speak of the Dominant, the Transitory and the Temperamental States.¹

The Dominant States

17. The Dominant States (sthāyibhāva)¹ are known to be the following : love, mirth, sorrow, anger, energy, terror, disgust and astonishment.

18-21. The thirtythree Transitory States (vyabhicāribhāva)¹ are known to be the following : discouragement, weakness, apprehension, envy, intoxication, weariness, indolence, depression, anxiety, distraction, recollection, contentment, shame, inconstancy, joy, agitation, stupor, arrogance, despair, impatience, sleep, epilepsy, dreaming, awakening, indignation, dissimulation, cruelty, assurance, sickness, insanity, death, fright and deliberation. These are defined by their names.

The eight Temperamental States

22. Paralysis, Perspiration, Horripilation, Change of Voice,

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15 (B.16, G.15). ¹ rasa—A. K. Coomaraswamy is for translating the word as 'flavour' (MG. p. 17).
² The later writers on Skt. poetics add one more rasa (śānta) to this number.

16 (B.17, G.16). ¹ bhāva—A. B. Keith translates this word as 'feeling' or 'emotion'. See Skt. Drama, p. 312. A. K. Coomaraswamy and others translate it as 'mood' (loc. cit.). We are with Haas who translates it as 'State.' See DR. p. 108.

17 (B.18, G.17). ¹ sthāyibhāva—Keith translates the term as 'dominant emotion' (Skt. Drama) and Haas as 'Permanent State' (DR.) and others as 'permanent mood' (e.g. S. K. De, Skt Poetics, Vol. II. p. 26).

18-21 (B.19-22, G.18-21). ¹ These are also known as sañcāri-bhāva.

22 (B.23, G.22). ¹ sāttvika bhāva—The word sāttvika cannot be