TY - BOOK AU - Deshpande, G.T. TI - Abhinavagupta SN - 9788126024315 U1 - 181.4 PY - 2009/// CY - New Delhi : PB - Sahitya Akademi, KW - Abhinavagupta, -- Rājānaka -- Aesthetics KW - Litterateurs -- India -- Biography KW - Śaivites -- India -- Biography KW - Abhinavagupta, -- Rājānaka KW - Aesthetics KW - Litterateurs. N1 - Includes passages in Sanskrit (Sanskrit in roman). Criticism and interpretation of the works of Rājānaka Abhinavagupta, an authority on Indian theatre, literary criticism, and aesthetics; I Life -- II Works -- III Abhinavaguptas Philosophy -- (i) Historical Background -- (ii) Monistic Saiva Philosophy -- (iii) Epistemic Approach of Monistic Saivism -- IV Abhinavagupta's Theory of Aesthetics -- (i) Historical Background -- (ii) Aesthetic Experience as Explained by Abhinavagupla -- (iii) Abhinavagupta's Exposition of Rasa Sutra -- (iv) Santa Rasa -- V Abhinavagupta's Theory of Aesthetics -- (i) Theory of Dhvani -- (ii) Abhinavagupta's Philosophy of Music -- (iii) Pratibha -- VI Abhinavagupta's Influence on Later Writers -- VII Abhinavagupta's Contribution to Indian Thought -- (i) His Contribution to Literary Criticism and Other Sciences. -- (ii) His Catholic Attitude "^astra Sammelanam" -- (iii) The Path of "Tantra" -- (iv) Conclusion ER -