Name – Parmar Shubhda A. Paper – 7 (Literary Theory & Criticism) Roll no – 32 Topic – Rasa Theory

Submitted by – S BGardiMaharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar UniversityDepartment of English

Concept of Rasa

Important + significant contribution

Indian mind to aesthetics

Nine Rasa Shringar Hasya Adbhuta Veera Shanta Karuna Bhayanaka Bhibastsya shorya

Shringara (Love)

Shringara : love and beauty.

emotion represent appeals to the human mind

one finds beautiful, that which evokes love .

Example – Kalidasa (Abhijnashakuntalam)

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Karuna (Tragedy)Karuna : grief and compass

ion. The

feelings of

unspeakable

tragedy and

despairUtter

hopelessness and heartbre

ak .

Example – Kalidasa (Abhijnashakuntalam)

Veera (Heroic mood)

Veera : heroism.

It represents bravery and self-confidence.

Example- Character of Rama ( Ramayana)

Shorya

Example- Character of Parshuram

(Bravery)

Shorya : strength for

fighting

Once desire to fight and die for cast ,religion.

Hasya (Laughter)

Hasya : express joy or mirth.

It can be used to depict simple joy

Riotous laughter and everything in

between.

Example – Lord Krishna's childhood

Bhayanaka (Horror)

Bhayanaka : fear

The subtle

and nameless anxiety

presentiment of

evil, the feelings of helplessn

ess evoked by a mighty and cruel

ruler .

Example- character of Rakshsha

Bhibatsya (Disgust)

Bhibatsya :disgust

The emotion evoked by anything that nauseates us, that revolts or sickens us is Bhibatsya.

Example- Prince siddharth

Adbhuta ( wonder)

Adbhuta : wonder and curiosity

That one feels when one comes across something divine and supernatural .

Example – Shree Rama

Shanta

Shanta : serenity and peace

It represents the state of calm and unruffled repose.

It is marked simply by the lack of all other rasas.

Example -

(Peace)

Character of Rama

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