Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics v2.c86.50

v2.c86.50

²⁹ Theoretically the rasa is one, a single ineffable and impersonal joy, but it can be subdivided, not according to its own nature, but according to the emotions which form its basis. Bharata (ch. vi) and other theorists give a full description of the sthāyi-bhāvas, vibhāvas etc. in the