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5ÄNTARASA & ABHINAVAGUPTA’S PHILOSOPHY OF AESTHETICS J. L MASSON AND M. V. PATWARDHAN Abhinavagupta is generally considered to be the greatest of the many Indian writers in the field of poetics. The breadth and profundity of his intellect, and the originality and brilliance of his critical insight, entitle him to a distinguished place in the ranks of philosophers of aesthetics of all lands and all periods of history. This tenth century Kashmiri scholar advanced ideas in every way as interesting and sophisticated as those propounded by Aristotle, yet his work is virtually unknown in the West beyond a very small circle of Sanskritists. It is to remedy this situation by making some of the central insights of Abhinavagupta available to literary critics and the interested layman that the authors offer the present volume. Most of the material they present has never before been translated. The introduction is meant primarily for students of comparative literature and the general reader. The body of the work is divided into two parts. In the first, the authors examine the various in- fluences'which went into the shaping of Abhinava- gupta’s philosophy of aesthetic experience, a unique synthesis of original insights into traditional Indfan poetics with the éaiva philosophy of Kashmir. They deal with[such problems as : the nature of obscenity, the aesthetic enjoyment of tragic literature, the nature of poetic imagination, Tantric rituals as drama, and, above all, the relation between ima­ ginative experiences and transcendent mystical experiences. In the second part of the work, the authors reproduce and translate everything written on the subject of sànîarasa ( “ the aesthetic ex­ perience of tranquillity ” ) prior to Abhinava­ gupta. $ 6.— Rs. 25/— SANTARASA AND ABHINAVAGUPTA’S PHILOSOPHY OF AESTHETICS BHANDARKAR ORIENTAL SERIES No. 9 Säntarasa AND ABHINAVAGUPTA’S PHILOSOPHY OF AESTHETICS BY J. L. MASSON M. V. PATWARDHAN Peinte® and published by DR* B. N. DANDEKAR, HON. SECRETABY BHANDARKAR ORIENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE, poona-4. For Jack and Diana who made it possible in g w f ygwr 9 w n w m faj ïïfcresmà i îTTtTpT: % ré yiäfrT ®1»lVl9i'<ii.sf*tTil':t>^Iiß II “ Two birds, deepest of friends, live on the same tree. One eats the sweet fruit. The other, without eating, watches CONTENTS Pagi» Foreword ' I Preface Abbreviations Introduction .. i-xvn Part I.: Abhinava’s Philosophy of Aesthetics. A. Influences : (l)-Literary Influences— (a) Asvaghosa • . 3 (b) Anandavardhana • • 6 (c) Bhattatauta .. . . 15 (d) Bhattanàyaka.. • • 20 Philosophical Influences— (a) Vedanta . • 24 (b) Vijnànabhairava • . 27 (c) Yogavàsistha ... • • 29 (d) Kashmir Saivism •• 33 Influence from speculation on smtarasa— (a) Vismdharmottarapurana .. • • 36 (b) ~Anuyogadvàrasùtra • • 37 Tantric Influence— Tantraloka .. 40 Abhinava’s Philosophy of Aesthetics. (1) Translation of key passages from his philosophical works and the Abhinavabhàrati • • • • 44 (2) Text and translation of the Locana on Dhvanyàloka, Uddyota II .. 60 (3) Text and translation of the Locana on Dhvanyàloka, Uddyota I • • ♦ • 7fl 2 Page t Part II : Säntarasa. (A) Interpolated verses in the Nätyakästra 91 .. « - (B) Rudrata 93 9 9 (C) Dhvanyäloka, Uddyota III 94 9 • (D) Locana on same 96 • ♦ (E) Dhvanyäloka, Uddyota IV 103 • • (F) Locana on same 109 . . (G) Säntarasaprakarana from the Abhinavabhàrat'i 113 • * (H) Dasaritpaka and Avaloka passages 143 9 • Part III : Conclusion : (A) Verse from the Dhvanyäloka, Uddyota III, on devotion and poetry 153 • • (B) Locana on same 153 .. • • (C) Similarities between aesthetic experiences and mystic experiences 161 • ■ (D) Differences 162 « t Appendix—Later writers on häntarasa and rasäsväda 165 .. • • ( 1 ) Mammata 165 • • (2) Vis'van&tha • 165 • ( 3 ) Rasagangädhara 168 .. • • Bibliography 179 • • Addendum 189 • • Index 195 • • Errata 205 .. 9 •

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