नाट्यशास्त्रम् (प्रथम भाग - अभिनवभारती एवं हिन्दी टीका सहित)

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brought forth, so the States along with different kinds of Histrionic Representation will cause the Sentiments to originate.

36. There can be no Sentiment prior to (lit. without) the States and no States without the Sentiments [following it], and during the Histrionic Representation they are produced from their mutual relation.

37. Just as a combination of spices and vegetables imparts good taste to the food cooked, so the States and the Sentiments cause one another to originate (bhāvayanti).

38. Just as a tree grows from a seed, and flowers and fruits [including the seed] from a tree, so the Sentiments are the source (lit. root) of all the States, and likewise the States exist [as the source of all the Sentiments]¹.

The eight Sentiments from the four original ones

Now we shall describe the origins, the colours, the [presiding] deities, and examples of these Sentiments. Sources of these [eight] Sentiments are the four [original] Sentiments e. g. Erotic, Furious, Heroic and Odious.²

39. The Comic [Sentiment] arises from the Erotic, the Pathetic from the Furious, the Marvellous from the Heroic, and the Terrible from the Odious.

40-41. A mimicry of tho Erotic [Sentiment] is called the Comic, and the result of the Furious Sentiment is the Pathetic, and the result of the Heroic Sentiment is called the Marvellous, and that which is Odious to see results in the Terrible.

42-43. The Erotic Sentiment is light green (śyāma), the Comic Sentiment white, the Pathetic (Sentiment) ash-coloured

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36 (B.40, G.36). 37 (B.41, G.37).
38 (B.42, G.38). ¹ B adds one prose sentence more after this passage.
² The original of this passage till the beginning of 39 is in prose.
³ Bhoja criticises this view of the author of the NŚ. in his Śr. Pr. See Ramaswamy Sastri Bh. P. Introduction p. 28; V. Raghavan, Śr. Pr. 27.
39 (B.44, G.39). 40-41 (B.45-46, G.40-41).
42-43 (B.47-48, G.42-43).