Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c11.s3.t5.4

v2.c11.s3.t5.4

the audience can enjoy through body, language and dress-up performance, namely, erotic, funny, compassionate, violent, heroic, horrible, disgusted and surprised tastes. Bharatamuni also specifies the colour of the eight tastes as well as gods what they represent. Later, Abhinavagupta identifies the ninth taste “calmness” in his '*Abhinava Bharati*'.