Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics v2.c79.94

v2.c79.94

perspiration (*sveda*), horripilation (*romāñca*), break of voice (*svara-bhaṅga*), trembling (*vepathu*), change of colour (*vaivarṇya*), tears (*aśru*) and loss of consciousness (*pralaya*). This psycho-physical analysis, however formal it may appear to us, is taken up in detail in chapter vii, and each of these states is categorically defined and illustrated strictly from the standpoint of the drama; but in later literature they are established authoritatively for poetry as well⁵⁴.