The Philosophy and Religion of Sri Chaitanya
author: O.B.L Kapoor
edition: 2008, Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
pages: 258
ISBN-10: 8121502756
ISBN-13: 9788121502757
Topic: Vaishnavism
Sthayl Bhava (Basic Emotions)
This chapter describes Sthayl Bhava (Basic Emotions) of the thirteenth chapter in the book The Philosophy and Religion of Sri Chaitanya written by O.B.L Kapoor. This work is a comprehensive, critical and comparative study of all aspects of the philosophy and religion of Shri-Caitanya (Sri Chaitanya). Importance is given to the concept of Bhakti—the highest means of attaining God, Prema—divine love and Rasa—The doctrine of transcendental relish. The first three chapters deal with the history of the Vaishnava religion dating from the earliest Vedic period and Vaishnavism in ancient Bengal. The rest of the chapters discuss the philosophy and religion the Chaitanya movement.
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Gati in Theory and Practice [by Dr. Sujatha Mohan]
tatra vibhavanubhavavyabhicarisamyogadrasanishpattih || The sthayi, the static emotion is strengthened by the combination of vibhava, anubhava and the vyabhicari in order to produce the respective rasa of the sthayi bhava. Bhava, the mental feeling, when properly communicated (abhinaya) by the actor, rasa is relished. Thus, rasa is brought out through the combination of sthayi bhava (permanent mood) and the other three bhavas....
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Mudrarakshasa (literary study) [by Antara Chakravarty]
shringarahasyakaruna raudravirabhayanakah/ bibhatsadbhutasamjnashcetyashtau natye rasah smritah// Bharata says that there are eight sthayins or basic mental states, thirty three vyabhicharins or accessories and eight sattvikabhavas or involuntary physical reflexes. These forty-nine, taken together, make for kavyarasabhivyakti. Rasas are born of these, when they are represented in a universalized state. These forty-nine emotions in their generalized form are the source of rasa....
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Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana [by Gaurapada Dasa]
However, the straightforward etymological meaning of vyabhicari-bhava is “transient emotion. ” In this regard Rupa Gosvami writes: unmajjanti nimajjanti sthayiny amrita-varidhau | urmi-vad vardhayanty enam yanti tad-rupatam ca te || “Vyabhicari-bhavas emerge from the sthayi-bhava and merge in it like waves in an ocean of nectar” (Bhakti-rasamrita-sindhu 2. 4. 3)....
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[The Philosophy and Religion of Sri Chaitanya: index]
[About The Author (O.b.l. Kapoor)]
[Preface]