Emotional experience: 1 definition

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Emotional experience means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

In Hinduism

Kavyashastra (science of poetry)

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Source: Shodhganga: Elements of Art and Architecture in the Trtiyakhanda of the Visnudharmottarapurana (kavya)

The Emotional Experience of beauty in poetry is denoted by the Sanskrit word Rasa (“sentiment”), which represents “the soul of a kāvya or poetry”.—The Sentiment is a very important component in poetry. Through the delineation of different sentiments different way, the connoisseurs can relish the taste of a poetic piece. The primary meaning of rasa refers to taste or to savour or to relish, but metaphorically it means the emotional experience of beauty in poetry. The sentiment is that which touches our heart and fills it with a great sensation, after reading or hearing a piece of poetry or viewing a performing art. But the point to be noted here is that only suggestive type of literary piece has the capacity to reflect the sentiment or rasa, as rasa itself is always suggestive.

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Kavyashastra (काव्यशास्त्र, kāvyaśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian tradition of poetry (kavya). Canonical literature (shastra) of the includes encyclopedic manuals dealing with prosody, rhetoric and various other guidelines serving to teach the poet how to compose literature.

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