Understanding the Rasa Theory

The Indian Poetics is substantially rich in various literary disciplines practiced by the scholars of antiquity to enhance the beauty of literary works. These devices include Alankaar ( Fugures of speech) Rasa, Chhanda (Prosody) ,Vakrokti and Dhwani, which were commonly used by the practitioners of literature to make their poetic expressions aesthetically satisfying and emotionally appealing to the readers. It is very difficult to ascertain as to which discipline is superior to other for the growth and development of literary genres. It is understood that as different raw materials are unified to make food items more delicious and tasty, and an organic unity is required for a beautiful and attractive physique; similarly the proper blend all these disciplines is necessitated to generate fine literary taste and aesthetic beauty of an art and literature. None of these disciplines can singularly generate an artistic creation of high literary merit.