Rasanirūpaṇa of Ajitasenācārya

In his 'Alaṁkāracintāmaṇi' (i.e., Aci) Ajitasena has discussed almost all the aspects of Sanskrta Kavyaśāstra. Some of them are narrated in a Jain monk. He belonged to details and some in brief. Ajitasena was the XIIIth century A.D. In the 5th chapter of Aci the theory of rasa or rasamimāṁsā is briefly discussed. Ajitasena seems

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मनकड़ तेरहवीं सदी के जैन मुनि अजितसेन के 'अलंकारचिन्तामणि' के पाँचवें अध्याय की समीक्षा करती हैं। अजितसेन भरत का अनुसरण कर नौ रस, स्थायीभाव और तैंतीस व्यभिचारी भाव मानते हैं, किन्तु रस का अधिष्ठान नट में बताते हैं, सामाजिक में नहीं, तथा रसों के वर्ण और देवता अस्वीकार करते हैं। Mankad examines the fifth chapter of the Alankaracintamani by Ajitasena, a thirteenth-century Jain monk. He follows Bharata on nine rasas, the sthayibhavas and thirty-three vyabhicarins, but seats rasa in the actor rather than the spectator and rejects the colours and deities assigned to the rasas.

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