The World of Rasas - Heroes and Heroines

Arts Aug 31, 2018

The World of Rasas – Śṛṅgāra - the Rasarāja

The World of Aesthetics – its Heroes and Heroines It is a well-known fact, attested by the experience of conscious connoisseurs that Śṛṅgāra (love) is the swee...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh | Trans: Arjun Bharadwaj

Arts Sep 01, 2018

The World of Rasas – Śṛṅgāra – its Kinds and Modes of Execution

Among the four vṛttis that Bharata describes in his Nāṭyaśāstra (namely, the sāttvikī, kaiśikī, ārabhaṭī and bhāratī), kaiśikī renders itself the best for the p...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh | Trans: Arjun Bharadwaj

Arts Sep 05, 2018

The World of Rasas – Kinds of Heroes and Heroines

Let us first consider the different categories of heroes (nāyakas). While it is the male that has all the charm in the animal world, it is quite the opposite in...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh | Trans: Arjun Bharadwaj

Arts Sep 18, 2018

The World of Rasa – Aṣṭanāyikās

It is interesting to note that the Indian writers on the Kāma-śāstra classified the heroines as Padminī, Cittinī, Hastinī and Śaṅkinī, primarily based on their...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh | Trans: Arjun Bharadwaj