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भक्तिरसामृतसिन्धु

Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu

The Ocean of the Immortal Nectar of Devotional Rasa

The complete four-division architecture of Rūpa Goswāmī’s science of devotion: every wave from the definition and practice of bhakti through the primary and secondary rasas and the concluding analysis of rasābhāsa.

Rūpa Goswāmī1541 · Vrindavan · Sanskrit23 complete reading units
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Complete contents

Four divisions · twenty-three waves

Eastern Division

Division 1
  1. 1.1The Distinctive Qualities of BhaktiWave 1
  2. 1.2Sādhana-bhaktiWave 2
  3. 1.3Bhāva-bhaktiWave 3
  4. 1.4Prema-bhaktiWave 4

Southern Division

Division 2
  1. 2.1VibhāvaWave 1
  2. 2.2AnubhāvaWave 2
  3. 2.3Sāttvika-bhāvaWave 3
  4. 2.4Vyabhicāri-bhāvaWave 4
  5. 2.5Sthāyi-bhāvaWave 5

Western Division

Division 3
  1. 3.1Śānta-rasaWave 1
  2. 3.2Dāsya-rasaWave 2
  3. 3.3Sakhya-rasaWave 3
  4. 3.4Vātsalya-rasaWave 4
  5. 3.5Mādhurya-rasaWave 5

Northern Division

Division 4
  1. 4.1Hāsya-rasaWave 1
  2. 4.2Adbhuta-rasaWave 2
  3. 4.3Vīra-rasaWave 3
  4. 4.4Karuṇa-rasaWave 4
  5. 4.5Raudra-rasaWave 5
  6. 4.6Bhayānaka-rasaWave 6
  7. 4.7Bībhatsa-rasaWave 7
  8. 4.8Compatible and Incompatible RasasWave 8
  9. 4.9RasābhāsaWave 9