Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c10.s6.6

c10.s6.6

Thus like *nāṭya rasa* (*rasa* in the structure of a theatre performance) and *kāvya rasa* (*rasa* in literary structure), there can be *nṛtya rasa* (*rasa* in dance form) and *saṅgīta rasa* (*rasa* in music) as well. *Viṣṇudharmottara Purāṇa* and Bhoja discuss *citra rasa* (*rasa* in painting) and its varieties. Accordingly, there are nine varieties of painting in accordance with these nine *rasas* — *śṛṅgāracitra*, *hāsyacitra*, etc.).²¹ Bhoja however gives eleven types of *citra rasas* by adding *preyān* and one more *rasa* in the list.²²