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{{Infobox book<br />
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| name = Abhinavano Rasavichar<br />
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| author = [[Nagindas Parekh]]<br />
| title_orig = અભિનવનો રસવિચાર<br />
| orig_lang_code = gu<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]<br />
| subject = Indian poetics<br />
| genre = critical essay<br />
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| pub_date = 1969 <br />
| awards = [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] (1970) <br />
| oclc = 26778342<br />
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'''''Abhinavano Rasavichar''''' ({{IPA-gu|əbʰinəvno rəsəvicar}}; English: ''[[Rasa (aesthetics)|Rasa]] theory of [[Abhinavagupta]]'') is a 1969 [[Gujarati language]] collection of critical essays by Indian writer [[Nagindas Parekh]] that deals with the theory of Indian poetics. The work won the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] in 1970.<br />
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==Background==<br />
The book was published in 1969 and was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1970.<ref name="EIL">{{cite encyclopedia |last1=Mehta |first1=Chandrakant |last2=Dave |first2=Pinakin N. |author2-link=Pinakin Dave |editor1-last=Abichandani |editor1-first=Param |editor2-last=Dutt |editor2-first=K. C. |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature (Supplementary Entries and Index) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xZoYAAAAIAAJ |title=Abhinavano Rasavichar |orig-year=1994 |year=2005 |publisher=Sahitya Akademi |volume=VI |location=New Delhi |oclc=34346409 |pages=4654–4655}}</ref><ref name="Kothari2001">{{cite encyclopedia |last=Kothari |first=Jayant |author-link=Jayant Kothari |title=અભિનવનો રસવિચાર [Abhinavano Rasavicāra] |encyclopedia=[[Gujarati Vishwakosh]] [Gujarati Encyclopedia] |editor-last=Thaker |editor-first=Dhirubhai |editor-link=Dhirubhai Thaker |volume=1 |year=2001 |edition=2nd |location=Ahmedabad |publisher=Gujarat Vishwakosh Trust |pages=348–349 |oclc=248967673 |language=gu}}</ref><br />
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==Contents==<br />
In ''Abhinavano Rasavichar'', the author has examined the theory of Indian poetics. The work has eight essays.<ref name="EIL"/><br />
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The title essay explains [[Abhinavagupta]]'s view on ''[[Rasa (aesthetics)|Rasa]]'' as expressed in his commentary on [[Bharata Muni|Bharata]]'s ''[[Natya Shastra]]''. The other articles discuss ''[[Kuntaka#His theory|Vakrokti]]'' theory of [[Kuntaka]], ''Ramaniyata'' theory of Jagannath. It discusses in details about ''[[Sringara|Śṛṅgāraḥ]]'' (erotic), ''[[Hāsya]]'' (humour) and ''[[Shanta Rasa|Shānta]]'' (sublime) sentiments, ''Auchitya'' (propriety) and ''Rasabhas'' (illusory experience of pleasure). The author has also discussed the poetic form of [[akhyana]], showing how ''Akhyana'' was a figure of speech, and it was falsely interpreted as a form of poetry.<ref name="EIL"/><ref name="Kothari2001"/><br />
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==Reception==<br />
For its profundity of erudition, soundness of judgement and its flowing prose, ''Abhinavano Rasavichar'' is considered an outstanding contribution to [[Gujarati literature]].<ref name="EIL"/><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{Internet Archive|id=AbhinavaKaRasaVivechanNagindasParekh}} (Hindi translation)<br />
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