bhavas

Question 1

What do the four bhavas originate from?

Answer 1

Sthayi bhava

Question 2

What are the four bhavas that originate from sthaayi bhava?

Answer 2

• vibhava
• anubhava
• sattvika bhava
• sanchari bhava

Question 3

What is vibhava?

Answer 3

• the conditions or objects which give rise to the emotions

Question 4

what is anubhava?

Answer 4

• includes the performer’s gestures and other means to express the emotional state.
• these may be involuntary such as sweating, shivering, trembling
• these may be voluntary such as deliberate actions or hand gestures

Question 5

what is vyabichari bhava?

Answer 5

• it is the complementary physcological state which exist temporarily in a performance but contributes to the overall emotional tone of the play
• they are 33 in number

Question 6

What is the difference between bhava and rasa?

Answer 6

• bhava is a feeling or emotion whereas rasa is the dominant feeling within the audience too so it can be termed as aesthetic enjoyment.

Question 7

Why is rasa important?

Answer 7

• any dance without rasa will simply just be an exercise of the body with physical movements
• when the dancer successfully conveys the meaning of the dance and the audience reciprocates, rasa is said to be reached