Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics v2.c86.16

v2.c86.16

It is also explained clearly that the *rasa* is identical with the enjoyment of itself, or, in other words, there is no distinction between the object and the operation in the apprehension of *rasa*; so that when we say ‘the *rasa* is enjoyed’, we only use a figurative expression. It follows from this that the enjoyment of *rasa* is different in its nature from the ordinary processes of knowledge.