नाट्यशास्त्रम् (प्रथम भाग - अभिनवभारती एवं हिन्दी टीका सहित)

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entering (praveśa), casual (ākṣepa), going out (niṣkrama), pleasing (prāsādika) and intermediate (āntara). And the playhouse is of the three types : oblong (vikṛṣṭa), square (caturasra) and triangular (tryasra)$^2$.

31. So much about the Digest on drama giving its contents (lit. meaning by a small number of Sūtras (concise rules). I shall now speak about the contents of the Sūtra-work$^1$.

The Sentiments explained

In that connexion I shall first of all explain the Sentiments (rasa). No meaning proceeds [from speech] without [any kind of] Sentiment. The Sentiment is produced (rasa-niṣpattiḥ) from a combination (saṁyoga)$^2$ of Determinants (vibhāva), Consequents (anubhāva) and Transitory States (vyabhicāri-bhāva). Is there any instance (dṛṣṭānta) [parallel to it]. [Yes], it is said that, as taste (rasa) results from a combination of various spices, vegetables and other articles$^3$, and as six tastes (rasa) are produced by articles such as, raw sugar or spices or vegetables, so the Dominant States (sthāyibhāva), when they come together with various other States (bhāva) attain the quality of the Sentiment (i.e. become Sentiment)$^4$. Now one enquires, 'What is the meaning of the word rasa"? It is said in reply to this [that rasa is so called] because it is capable of being tasted (āsvādyate). How is rasa tasted ? [In reply] it is said that just as well-disposed persons while eating food cooked with many kinds of spices enjoy (āsvādayanti) its tastes (rasa) and attain pleasure and satisfaction,

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$^2$ B. adds one couplet after 30.
31 (B.33b-34a, G.31b, c). $^1$ The original of the next passage till the beginning of 33 is in prose.
$^2$ The NŚ. nowhere explains the terms niṣpatti and saṁyoga of this definition and does not include the sthāyibhāva in it (the def.). Hence the theory of rasa has come to be interpreted differently in later times by Lollaṭa, Śaṅkuka, (Bhaṭṭa) Nāyaka and Abhinavagupta. For a brief exposition of their views see Viṣṇupada Bhaṭṭācārya—Sāhityamīmāṁsā (Bengali), Calcutta, 1948. pp. 33 ff.
$^3$ G. adds here one sentence more (tathā......... .. niṣpattiḥ).
$^4$ tatrāha (G. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ).
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