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Nāṭyaśāstra (नाट्यशास्त्र), rasa
एवमेते रसा ज्ञेयास्त्वष्टौ लक्षणलक्षिताः ।
अत ऊर्ध्वं प्रवक्ष्यामि भावानामपि लक्षणम् evamete rasā jñeyāstvaṣṭau lakṣaṇalakṣitāḥ |
ata ūrdhvaṃ pravakṣyāmi bhāvānāmapi lakṣaṇam
The line
Thus these rasa (रस) states are to be known, eight, marked by their marks. From here on I shall declare the marks of the states as well.
नेपालीमा
यसरी लक्षणले चिह्नित यी आठ रस अवस्था जानिन्छन्। अबदेखि म अवस्थाका लक्षण पनि बताउँछु।
Where it sits
Closes the sixth adhyāya (अध्याय) on the count of eight. Chapter 7 is the states. The bracketed ninth remains in the file before this verse. A reader who stops at this line has eight. A reader who takes the brackets has nine. The book leaves both.
Split: evamete (एवमेते) rasā (रसा) jñeyāstvaṣṭau (ज्ञेयास्त्वष्टौ) lakṣaṇalakṣitāḥ (लक्षणलक्षिताः) / ata (अत) ūrdhvaṃ (ऊर्ध्वं) pravakṣyāmi (प्रवक्ष्यामि) bhāvānāmapi (भावानामपि) lakṣaṇam (लक्षणम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| evamete (एवमेते) | locative singular, or a sandhi of the nominative | as this verse uses the word. |
| rasā (रसा) | nominative singular | a rasa, a taste. In this book, what the spectator tastes. |
| jñeyāstvaṣṭau (ज्ञेयास्त्वष्टौ) | dual, or a locative of an i-stem or a u-stem | as this verse uses the word. |
| lakṣaṇalakṣitāḥ (लक्षणलक्षिताः) | nominative plural | as this verse uses the word. |
| ata (अत) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| ūrdhvaṃ (ऊर्ध्वं) | nominative or accusative singular | as this verse uses the word. |
| pravakṣyāmi (प्रवक्ष्यामि) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| bhāvānāmapi (भावानामपि) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| lakṣaṇam (लक्षणम्) | nominative or accusative singular | as this verse uses the word. |
Sanskrit in this line
The quarters run 16, 16 syllables. A hyphen in the split is a compound joint, a teaching mark, and the voice joins it.
Say it back
Cover the English and say the line in one sentence. Thus these rasa (रस) states are to be known, eight, marked by their marks. From here on I shall declare the marks of the states as well.