zAnta rasa

[Srini Pichumani]

For a start,  you may want to look at  Prof.Raghavan's work on this very
issue...  here's the full citation.
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Author:
                              Raghavan, V. (Venkatarama), 1908-1979
Title:
                              The number of rasa-s / by V. Raghavan ; foreword by
M. Hiriyanna.
Publisher:
                              Adyar : Adyar Library, 1940.
Description:
                              xxii, 192 p. ; 21 cm.
Notes:
                              Sanskrit or English.
                              Includes index.
                              Bibliography: p. [ix]-xxii.
Language:
                              English
Subjects:
                              Sanskrit literature--History and criticism
                              Rasas
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I don't remember all the details and conclusions,  but he goes into various
issues such as the lack of "s'Anta" among the early listing of rasas (like in the

"s'rngAra hAsya karuNA..." s'loka from the Natya Shastra),  later interpolation
of s'Anta into this s'loka,  and disputations about what would be an appropriate
sthAyi bhAva were s'Anta to be included as a rasa.

-Srini.



Sudalaimuthu Palaniappan wrote:

> Dear List Members,
>
> I would appreciate any information on how and when zAnta came to be the ninth
> rasa in the aesthetic tradition described in Sanskrit texts. Thanks in
> advance.
>
> Regards
> S. Palaniappan