‘tHe CHOWKHAMBA SANSKRIT STUDIES VoL. LEXI THE AESTHETIC EXPERIENCE ACCORDING TO ABHINAVAGUPTA RANIDRO GNOLL ‘SECOND EDITION REVISED, ENLARGED AND RE-ELAMORATED THE AUTHOR 7HE CHOWKHAMBA SANSKRIT SERIES OFFICE YVARANASI-I Cadin) 1968Pubtisor:The Chowbumts Ssh Sex Printer +Viys Vis Pres, Varnasi-l dion 1 Seon, 1968 Fl Price Re 45-00 ‘ sista Second Baton ofthe work, retells, at elaborated by tie dur, he Pts Elion ing appeared Sethe SOR, No, X1, phot Pega (tt Malina ort Mat ef Eatramo Orlane, Roe 198, © The Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Ofice 319, Gopal Mandir Lane 'P.0, CHOWKHAMMA, P. BOX 8, VARANAST (India) 1968 PUBLISHERS’ NOTE, |ADHINAVAGUPTA seme ave given the ial she tothe phior soph of eauty io Tdi. fd adian Acetic Te fare i stil alive and his poetiel ed piloophat cris held ground even toiny. It H no wonder His nse ait students of Soncrit postion thatthe aextati thought of Abkisvagupt, 009 of the most profound tod keenest nds that taia bas vee Koows, cepted the iaginaton of Prot Rasieto Goolh who, Besides Being an erate scholar, welk tnown editor and able wanslator of various Saas Tens is « Sahl to the tc sens ofthe fen, His torougs understanding snd scholarly but licd exposition ofthe Rasatheory of Abhinavagurts ia partculor andthe sata theories ofthe thiakers in genera ae simply wondsf- To the proeot work, ABSTHETIC EXPERIENCE ACCORDING TO ABHINAVAGUPTA, fe bas edie anf tanlated the Come rmeoary by Abhinovagupta on the fam sire of Monat, Psixaae iaaryebicsamyegaiasoipatlb (Napa Sara) which consites the mostiogorant text in the whole of Indian aesthetic thought a8 onaned it in the Tigi of the views of prominent etors and phil fopners—both aacknt and modera, The theory of Abbinavagts saaly bec presented se in 2 gar whch ean very cosy appeal the modern iad “The lst ion of this work was sued some ten yes Sack by the ISMEO of Rome in the SERIE ORIGNTALE ROMA (No, XI) under ‘he diction of Givsenpe Tasch, and was mesh weleomed by tHe Fovert‘ot Sunsut iterate lovee the globes Bt th earaedaubor, following the fants maxi of Kalidasa, som na le mae ayoponnanan, el, tid on wok devotely bis raenches ia the fild of efivouite sty and as a result, could seis, extn reelaborate the proiou edition into th present one. ‘hil preening the secon ation bane the renens we fervently pe hat if wil be welomad by scholars and tude Our sincestthaahs are due to ISMEO, Rome, Prof-G, Test and rok Gol, the learaed author, but for whose Kind approval acre ‘neourigemets and Ken nares st woulé Reve not bees pou or to pia and pubis his waa wor in Tin ow TO MY MASTER GIUSEPPE TUCCIList of Abbreviations rcice Iotrodaction Tet ‘raslation Appendix Appendix ‘Appendix IE Geol Index wna 1x xu xiv B a8 ry 1 usPaiarie, Dasa, Wel Ph Ds Si pha. Dh. « He, Ink 7, Kane, SDY. kat ke, LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS = Abhinavagara's Ablinwaanad of, Prefs, p. Xt Abhinav, Haas, George C.0,, The Darton, A Treat of lade Dravetsrey by Dhanamjay, Columbia Univers Press New York 1912, ‘Dasgupta, Surendeanath, A History of fan Phony, 5 vols, Cambridge 1952195, ‘De, Suit Kumar, Sle ic the History of Snset Pouict, Laas, 2 vls, Loadon 1923, 825, ‘~Ramndivardhaoa's Dinanalata wih the Lovona and ‘elgrisa "commentaries by” Abhiavsgupta a Ranacirska, ed, by Pandit Puibhirama Sith, ‘Chowkhanba, Berar 1840, ADhinavogaph's commentry (lan) on the Dive yaaa by Assadavardhens Raven of the ABiaaableras of, Pretus,p.Xi femacandi's Kyyimidven, ck Preise p Xi = Chanda Bian Gopin, The Talon There, Moti Banarsdas, Banaras 19S, =Abninavgepta’s Uoerorayuthinoioriid, KSTS, 2 vol, Seimgar (9181921 Abhlnavaguptss Thorapateijnody china, K. 8. 17.84 3 vol Seaagar 36-193. rynathn, the conmertator of the Abhinavagont's Tantileke. = ourel of te Bihar and OnsseResarh Society, ours af Bamey Unisraiy, Jearal of Orla! Resarh, Madea. =Dosdin’s Kayjoiers, edited ond trnsatd by =Kane, PVs, Te Siliyabrpasa of Vath (Pare ‘vis J, My Arata), wih exbeantive Notes 1nd the History of Stskrt Poets, Bombay 151 “=Rijsickist'sKarpannuinse, Gackwad Oriental Seis, Baroda 1916 = Manos Kenopratao, of. Pele, pV, umKTS,