Aesthetics -Indian (Theory)

An introduction to Indian Aesthetics and its brief historical background

Concept of Beauty based on ancient Scriptures and their relevance to art (acc. To the classical Sanskrit Literature)

Rasa Theory of Bharat Muni in his Natya Shastra

Development of Rasa Theory:

Dhvani, Bhava, Alankara, Auchitya, Riti, Guna-Dosha, Vyanjana

Aesthetic experience and its commentators: Bhatta Lollatta, Bhatta Shankuka, Bhatta Nayaka

Theory of Abhinava Gupta in Abhinav Bharti

Ananda Vardhana’s Dvanayaloka 

Vishnu Dharmottar Purana

Aesthetic Theories of Ananda Coomaraswamy 

Shadang (Six Cannons) by Abanindranath Tagore