1.  Name – Parmar Shubhda A.
 Paper – 7
(Literary Theory & Criticism)
 Roll no – 32
 Topic – Rasa Theory
Submitted by – S BGardiMaharaja
Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University
Department of English

2. Concept of Rasa
Important + significant contribution
Indian mind to aesthetics

3. Nine Rasa
 Shringar
 Hasya
 Adbhuta
 Veera
 Shanta
 Karuna
 Bhayanaka
 Bhibastsya
 shorya

4. Shringara (Love)
Shringara : love
and beauty.
emotion represent
appeals to the
human mind
one finds
beautiful, that
which evokes love .
Example – Kalidasa (Abhijnashakuntalam)

5. z
Karuna (Tragedy)
Karuna : grief and
compassion.
The feelings of unspeakable
tragedy and despair
Utter hopelessness and
heartbreak .
Example – Kalidasa (Abhijnashakuntalam)

6. Veera (Heroic mood)
Veera : heroism.
It represents bravery
and self-confidence.
Example- Character of Rama ( Ramayana)

7. Shorya
Example- Character of Parshuram
(Bravery)
Shorya :
strength for
fighting
Once desire
to fight and
die for cast
,religion.

8. 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

9. Bhayanaka (Horror)
Bhayanaka : fear
The subtle and nameless
anxiety
presentiment of evil, the feelings
of helplessness evoked by a
mighty and cruel ruler .
Example- character of Rakshsha

10. Bhibatsya (Disgust)
Bhibatsya :disgust
The emotion evoked by
anything that nauseates us,
that revolts or sickens us is
Bhibatsya.
Example- Prince siddharth

11. Adbhuta ( wonder)
Adbhuta : wonder and
curiosity
That one feels when one
comes across something
divine and supernatural .
Example – Shree Rama

12. 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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