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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. | 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. | ||
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 | 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. | ||
== Bibliography == | == Bibliography == | ||