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bhava1 CONSTRUCTBhavaBHARATA · INDIAN AESTHETICS

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Indian aesthetics

the emotional states portrayed by performers, which in the Natyashastra give rise to rasa in spectators.

In Indian aesthetics, bhava refers to the emotional states portrayed by performers, which in the Natyashastra give rise to rasa in spectators. This meaning comes from Bharata Muni (1950) in The Nāṭyasāstra.[1]

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  1. Bharata Muni. (1950). The Nāṭyasāstra (M. Ghosh, Trans.). Asiatic Society. Open Library record

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