Bharata, the compiler of the Nayasastra and the first exponent of the aphorisms of sentiment,describes various types of sentiment thoroughly in the Nayasastra. Nothing is known certainly either of Bharata or of his date. However, scholars1 like P. V. Kane, S. K. De, A. B. Keith etc. placed the date of the Nayasastra between 300 A. D. – 550 A.D. Bharata’s theory of the sentiments has become a milestone for the scholars of the ancient andmodern. From Kohala to Jagannath Pandit, all are the admirer of Bharata’s Rasasutra. Bharata’s sixth chapterdescribes eight types of the sentiments (rasa), as erotic (sgara), laughter (hasya), pathetic (karua), furious(raudra), heroic (vira), terrible (bhayanaka), odious (vibhatsa) and marvellous (adbhuta). These above sentiments areoriginated from their respective permanent states (sthayibhava) as love (rati), mirth (hasa), sorrow (soka), anger (krodha), courage (utsaha), fear (bhaya), aversion (jugupsa) and wonder (vismaya).2 Some editions of the Nayasastra (like GOS)3 add one more sentiment, i.e. tranquility (santa), of which the permanent state is tranquility (sama).
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