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'''''Abhinavabharati''''' is a commentary on ancient [[India]]n author [[Bharata Muni]]'s work of dramatic theory, the ''[[Natyasastra]]''. It is the oldest commentary available on the treatise. The ''Abhinavabharati'' was written by [[Abhinavagupta]] (c. 950–1020), the great [[Kashmir]]i [[Saivite]] [[spiritual leader]] and a yogi.<br />
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In this monumental work, Abhinavagupta explains the ''rasasutra'' of Bharata in consonance with the theory of '''''abhivyakti''''' (expression) propounded in [[Anandavardhana]]'s (820–890) work ''Dhvanyaloka'' ("aesthetic suggestion"), as well as the tenets of the [[Pratyabhijna]] philosophy of [[Kashmir]].<br />
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According to Abhinavagupta, the [[aesthetic]] experience is the manifestation of the innate dispositions of the [[self (philosophy)|self]], such as love and sorrow, by the self. It is characterised by the contemplation of the bliss of the self by the connoisseur.<br />
It is akin to the spiritual experience as one transcends the limitations of one's limited self because of the process of universalisation taking place during the aesthetic contemplation of characters depicted in the work of [[art]]. Abhinavagupta maintains that this ''rasa'' (literally, ''taste'' or ''essence'', the outcome)<ref>of the various constituents of an artistic or theatrical performance, has been a central concept in Indian art and aesthetics from ancient times.</ref> is the ''summum bonum'' of all literature.<br />
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== Bibliography ==<br />
Natyasastra of Bharatamuni: Text, Commentary of Abhinava Bharati by Abhinavaguptacarya and English Translation/edited by Pushpendra Kumar. Translated by M.M. Ghosh. Delhi, New Bharatiya Book Corporation, 2006, 3 Vols., 1614 p<br />
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