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eap_79005067 · Dharma Vajracarya Collection

Sanskrit Devanāgarī Script Kāvyaśāstra
Repository Dharma Vajracarya Collection
Reference No. eap_79005067
Language Sanskrit
Date Date not listed

About this Manuscript

This a unknown fragment of Kāvyaśāstra, it describes aesthetic emotion/essence which is called rasa. In the sanskrit ancient Kāvyaśāstra primary text being Bharata Muni's Nāṭyaśāstra defines eight primary rasas (love, humor, pathos, fury, heroism, terror, disgust, and wonder). the manuscript here describes Santa , vira, raudra rasa and mentions modern Kāvyaśāstra scholars lke Anandavardhana and Abhinava gupta at folio no. 129 also mentioned a quote from Bhavabhuti' s Uttararamacarita. It is written in Sanskrit language and devanagari script, it has not mentioned any colophone and folios are only 128 and 129 so it seems that it is an incomplete text.

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Catalogue Metadata

Title Unknown Literarture Text
Repository Dharma Vajracarya Collection
Reference Number eap_79005067
Collection Dharma Vajracarya Collection
Language Sanskrit
Script Devanāgarī
Subject Classification Kāvyaśāstra
Date Date not listed
Place of Origin Nepal
IIIF Manifest Public IIIF manifest available

Subjects & Keywords

Kāvyaśāstra