LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 21:5 May 2021
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Aesthetics Experience of Ananda in the Past and
Its Significance in the Present

A Kiran Kumar

Abstract

Popularly ‘Ananda’ is regarded as one of the types of emotion. But Ananda is not an emo-tion. While the word ‘emotion’ signifies someone to an action, Ananda denotes a state of mind. For an instance, fear is an emotion, which stimulates a reaction. This reaction may propel a person to es-cape or fight. When an individual experiences Ananda, he or she feels calm, contented, blissful. The mind and the body of the person would be composed. Modern electronic media and mass media, however, is more concerned with igniting the emotions of people than providing the ‘Ananda’. Hence this paper is an attempt to trace the revival of the notion of Ananda and its significance. This paper is divided into four sections: first section deals with introduction of Ananda; the second tries to locate it in the Indian Kavya in general and drama in particular; the third discusses the aesthetic experience of Anand with the dramatic theory of Bharata; the fourth discusses the significance and the revival of Ananda at present times.

Keywords: Aesthetic Experience, Ananda, Emotion, Rasa Theory, Bharata’s Natyasastra

Introduction

The modern time is undergoing a phase where evoking the emotion of people have become the daily affair of mass media. This emotion and its expression, bring a sense of contentment among people. But this contentment is momentary. The momentary contentment again propels people to emotional outburst. In one or the other way, mass media tries to stir the emotions of individuals by operating their emotions. The word ‘emotion’ indicates or provokes an individual to an action. But the notion of Ananda is not an ‘emotion’. This paper attempts to bring the Ancient Indian notion of Ananda as a counter to the concept of emotion. This paper also discusses its significance in the present time.

M. Shivaram states Ananda is a Sanskrit word connoting one of the rare but extremely satis-fying experiences that man can achieve in his life. It is difficult to translate it into English. The words “Bliss” or “Serenity” or “Pleasant Tranquility” are the nearest approach (Shivaram 1). The concept of Ananda basically is different from the concept of emotion; Ananda leads an individual to the peace of mind and to the maturity to understand the world. In the process of achieving Ananda, an individual does not forget the present world and goes to a different world; rather he/she travels through the worldly things to reach Ananda. The individual is not considered the other from the mundane world; he gradually gets maturity in understanding the mundane world.

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A Kiran Kumar
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Department of Comparative Literature and India Studies
The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad
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