Bhaṭṭa Nāyaka's Blunder

Bhatta Nayaka's views on rasa-realisation have been presented to us by Abhinavagupta in his Abhinavabharatı and also in his Locana on the Dhvanyaloka. This makes it amply clear that Bhatta Nayaka flourished much earlier than Abhinavagupta. But it is seen from the views presented that Bhatta Nayaka has criticised the theory of 'abhivyakti' of rasa.

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नन्दी का कथन है कि भट्ट नायक, जिनका मत केवल अभिनवगुप्त के उद्धरणों से ज्ञात है, रस की अभिव्यक्ति इसलिए अस्वीकार करते थे कि अभिव्यक्ति पूर्वसिद्ध वस्तु की ही सम्भव है। नन्दी इसे भूल बताते हैं, क्योंकि रसानुभूति और स्फोटाभिव्यक्ति समान तो हैं, अभिन्न नहीं। Nandi argues that Bhatta Nayaka, known only through Abhinavagupta's reports, rejected the manifestation of rasa on the ground that only something already existing can be manifested. Nandi calls this a blunder, since rasa-realisation and sphota-manifestation are analogous but not identical processes.

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