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Kavyalankarasarasamgraha 5.14

Laghuvṛtti 5.14

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Sanskrit

5.14

vibhāvastu dvividhaḥ /
ālambanoddīpanarūpatvāt /
tatrālamvanavibhāvo yadāśrayeṇa ratyādīnāmudayaḥ, yathā rāmādeḥ sītādiḥ /
uddīpanavibhāvastu yadvaśena ratyādīnāṃ bhāvānāmatiśayena dīptatā bhavati, yathā ṛtumālyānulepanādiḥ /
evameṣa dvividho vibhāvo ratyādīnāṃ kāraṇabhūtaḥ /
sa ca kāraṇatvātkāryabhūtān ratyādīn

The excitant (vibhāva), on the other hand, is twofold: / having the nature of foundational and stimulative. / Among these, the foundational excitant is that supported by which love and the rest arise, as Sītā and others in the case of Rāma and others. / The stimulative excitant, on the other hand, is that by virtue of which emotions such as love become excessively inflamed, as the seasons, garlands, unguents, and the like. / Thus this twofold excitant is the cause of love and the rest. / And it, being a cause, [makes known] love and the rest, which are effects—

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