Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics v2.c86.41

v2.c86.41

²³ This statement follows Bharata and is accepted by most theorists : but Dhanañjaya distinguishes three cases, privation (*ayoga*), sundering (*viprayoga*) and union (*sambhoga*) : the first denoting the inability of lovers, through obstacles, to secure union, and the second arising from absence or resentment. The first case of love may pass through the well-known ten stages (longing, anxiety, recollection, praise of the beloved, distress, raving, insanity, fever, stupor and death ; Cf *Śiṅgabhūpāla* ii 178-201) ; while the second condition may be caused by a quarrel, due to discovery or inference of unfaithfulness (which may be counteracted by six *upāyas*, viz., conciliation, winning over her friends, gifts, humility, indifference or distracting her attention) or by absence arising from business, accident or a curse.