Essay name: Arts in the Puranas (study)
Author:
Meena Devadatta Jeste
Affiliation: Savitribai Phule Pune University / Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute Pune
This essay studies the Arts in the Puranas by reconstructing the theory of six major fine arts鈥擬usic, Dance, Architecture, Sculpture, Painting, and Literature鈥攆rom the Major and Minor Puranas. This thesis shows how ancient sages studied these arts within the context of cultural traditions of ancient India.
Chapter 6 - Literature in the Puranas
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- enumerated. word 'Sthayibhava'. Visnud harmottara does not refer to the It mentions the words 'Rasah Sthay I' (Verse 54). In verse 58, the Purana says that there are forty nine Bh膩vas, including Nirveda. The Sthayibhavas of the nine Rasas, Vairagya (renunciation) Rati (Love), Hasa, (Laughters) Loka (Sorrow) Krodha (Anger) Bhaya (Fear), Jugups膩 (Disgust), Ascarya (Wonder) and Ut saha (energy) result from the union of various Bhavas or psycological states. 47 After this the Visnudharmottara describes the thirty
four Vyabhicari or Sancari Bhavas (Complementary or Transitory
psycological states) such as Nirveda, Gl膩ni, Safk膩 etc.
(verses 11-39). Actually only the three S盲ttvika Bh膩vas
namely Romanca, Svarabheda and Asru are described (Verses 41-44).
The Satvika states are called as 'Nan膩bhinayayonija'.
are produced from the various types of acting.
They
After this is described the association of particular
Bhavas with particular Rasas. For example, excepting Alasya,
Augrya and Jugupsa, all the 16 Bhavas have their place in the
Sr氓gara Rasa, while the Bhavas Glani, Safka, Abhyasuya, Srama,
Capalata, Romanca, Harsa, Nidra, Unmada, Mada, Sveda and
Avahittha are associated with Hasya. (For a detailed
description of how the different Rasas are produced and of the
various Bhavas enumerated in the Visnudharmottara See Dr.
Priyabala Shah, Vismudharmottara III, 2, pp. 99-102).
