A Rasa Reader Classical Indian Aesthetics

Cover......Page 1
Series Page......Page 4
Title Page......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Dedication......Page 7
Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 11
Acknowledgments......Page 17
English Translations Of Sanskrit Titles......Page 18
List of Abbreviations......Page 21
Introduction: An Intellectual History of Rasa......Page 24
Treatise on Drama of Bharata (c. 300)......Page 59
Ornament of Poetry of Bhamaha (c. 650)......Page 65
Looking Glass of Poetry of Dandin (c. 700) with the Commentaries Ratna’s Glory of Ratnashrijnana (c. 950) and Guarding the Tradition of Vadijanghala (c. 950)......Page 67
Essential Compendium of the Ornament of Poetry of Udbhata (c. 800) with the Brief Elucidation of Pratiharenduraja (c. 900) and the Exegesis of Tilaka (c. 1100)......Page 72
*Commentary on the Treatise on Drama, of Bhatta Lollata (c. 825)......Page 79
*Commentary on the Treatise on Drama, of Shri Shankuka (c. 850)......Page 81
Ornament of Poetry of Rudrata (c. 850) with Notes of Namisadhu (1068)......Page 87
6. Rasa Cannot Be Expressed or Implied, Only “Manifested”......Page 88
Light on Implicature of Anandavardhana (c. 875)......Page 89
The Vital Force of Literary Language of Kuntaka (c. 975)......Page 96
Analysis of “Manifestation” of Mahima Bhatta (c. 1025)......Page 103
Necklace for the Goddess of Language of Bhoja (c. 1025) with the Commentary of Bhatta Narasimha (undated)......Page 106
Light on Passion of Bhoja (c. 1050)......Page 112
*Commentary on theTreatise on Drama, and Mirror of the Heart of Bhatta Nayaka (c. 900)......Page 132
The Ten Dramatic Forms of Dhanamjaya (c. 975) and the Observations of Dhanika (c. 975), with The Lamp (on the Ten Forms) of Bahurupa Mishra (undated) and the Brief Annotation (on the Observations) of Bhatta Nrisimha (undated)......Page 139
Literary Investigations of Bhatta Tota (c. 975)......Page 161
The New Dramatic Art, of Abhinavagupta (c. 1000)......Page 166
Light on Poetry of Mammata (c. 1050) with the Commentaries of Shridhara (c. 1225), Chandidasa (c. 1300), Vishvanatha (c. 1350), and Paramananda Chakravartin (c. 1500)......Page 193
Short Explanation of Light on Poetry, and Commentary on Analysis of “Manifestation” of Ruyyaka (1150)......Page 202
Mirror of Drama of Ramachandra and Gunachandra (c. 1200)......Page 205
The Single Strand of Vidyadhara (c. 1300) with the Central Gem of Mallinatha (c. 1400)......Page 211
Ornament of the Fame of King Prataparudra of Vidyanatha (c. 1320) with The Jewel Store of Kumarasvamin (c. 1430)......Page 217
Mirror of Literary Art of Vishvanatha (c. 1350) with The Eye of Anantadasa (c. 1400)......Page 222
The Moon on the Rasa Ocean of Singabhupala (c. 1385)......Page 228
Elixir for the Rasika, of Arjunavarmadeva (c. 1215)......Page 233
The River of Rasa of Bhanudatta (c. 1500)......Page 236
Pearls of the Bhāgavata, of Vopadeva (c. 1300) with the Lamp for Transcendence of Hemadri (c. 1300)......Page 240
Divine Jewel of Ornamentation of Kavikarnapura (c. 1550) with the Commentary of Lokanatha Chakravartin (c. 1690)......Page 243
Ambrosial River of the Rasa of Devotion of Rupa Gosvamin (1541) with the Passage Through the Impassable of Jiva Gosvamin (1541), and Treatise on Divine Love of Jiva Gosvamin (c. 1550)......Page 250
The Nectar Ocean of Literary Art of Vishvanathadeva (1592)......Page 258
The Bearer of the Ganges of Rasa of Jagannatha (c. 1650)......Page 261
English-Sanskrit Glossary......Page 271
Notes......Page 277
Bibliography......Page 358
Index......Page 367