Texts:

भिखारीदास : रस-सारांश, १.८-१५

केशवदास : रसिकप्रिया, १.२१-२३

What are the parts of the aesthetic theory or rasa (रस)? In this session we will explore be introduced to the essential parts of this theory, and discuss how they work, in the context of Bhikharidas’s Ras-Sārāś. We will also begin reading through examples used to illustrate aspects of this theory from Keshavdas’s Rasikapriyā (1591).

Essential terms:

रस

भाव

विभाव

आलंबन विभाव

उद्दीपन विभाव

सात्त्विक भाव

स्थायी भाव