Guest lecture of Vinod Joshi on Rasa Theory

Day 1
Lecture of Prof. Vinod Joshi on Indian poetics.
DepartmentofEnglish
MKBU

Yesterday we learned the introduction of literature. Sir asked us what is literature?
First we thought that it was easy question but after sir's explanation we came to know that it is not easy.
Sir talked about "રીતી ". Then he talked about Bharat Muni and his "નાટ્યશાસ્ત્ર ".
Sir brought us in depth in "Rasa".
રસ
ધ્વની
ઔચિત્ય
રીતિ
અલંકાર
વક્રોકતિ
મિમાંસા
Day 2
Today sir talked about "Rasa"  in deeply. Literature is mere of life( Mathew Arnold).
Bharatmuni talked about "Rasa"  in  "નાટ્યશાસ્ત્ર" - અઘ્યાય - 6.
"विबभावानुबभाववयभिचारिसयोगादसनिषपति।"
There are four parts:
વિભાવ
અનુભાવ
વ્યભિચારિ  ભાવ (સંચારિ ભાવ )
સંયોગ
Sir gave example of "अभिज्ञान शाकुनतलाम"
Of Kalidas. Sir talked about very deep of this four parts of " Rasa".
There are 9 "Rasa" :
1. શૃંગાર - રતિ
2. કરુણ - શોક
3. વિર - ઉત્સાહ
4. રૌદ્ર - ક્રોધ
5. હાસ્ય - હાસ
6. ભયાનક - ભય
7. બીભત્સ - જ્યુગુપ્સા
8. અદ્ભૂત - વિસ્મય
9. શાંત - શમ, નીર્વેદ
Sir also told about his personal experience.
There are four critics who criticised Bharatmuni's  work of "Rasa".
1. Bhatt Lollat
2. Shankuk
3. Bhatt Nayak
4. Abhinav Gupta
Bhatt Lollat told that there is no  "Rasa".
Shree Shankuk told that "Rasa"  is only assumptions.
Bhatt Nayak told about Simplicity.
Abhinav Gupta take mixture of Bhatt Lollat,  Shankuk and Nayak's theory of "Rasa".
Sir also suggested to read "अभिज्ञान शाकुनतलाम" and "કાન્હાડદે પ્રબંધ". He also suggested to watch movies like "કરશનદાસ પે એન્ડ યુઝ " and "Anand".
Really we enjoyed the lectures of Vinod Joshi sir. Thank you so much Dilip Barad sir to give us a chance to learn from a famous Gujarati Poet, Critic Vinod Joshi sir. Thank you so much Vinod sir for spent your expensive time with us to teach us Indian Poetics.

Day - 3

Today we learnt about "Dhvani" (ધ્વનિ ) school. Anand Vardhan is a motive of "Dhvani school". His volume is "Dhanyalok" (ધાન્યાલોક ). Dhvani is stay as Soul in poem.

ધ્વનિ:કાવ્યસ્ય આત્મા:।

Then sir talked about Interpretation, Core Education. Then sir also talked about two books: "Problems of Interpretation", and "અર્થઘટન નો કોયલો ",  "Theory of Meaning". 

Meaning is not stable or static but it is moving always. All words has hidden meaning. 

Language is nothing. Meaning is nothing. After went of language and meaning, then what we can understand. It is called Dhvani. Dhvani has two another meaning: "પ્રતીયમાન ",  "ધ્વન્યાર્થ ".

"પ્રતીયમાન " has three words: "અભિધા", "વ્યંજના ", "લક્ષણા ". "અભિધા " has direct meaning. "લક્ષણા " has nearest meaning.  "વ્યંજના " has deep (so far) meaning. Dhvani has three types: "વસ્તુ ધ્વનિ" (Vastu Dhvani), "અલંકાર ધ્વનિ "(Alankar Dhvani) , "રસ ધ્વનિ" (Rasa Dhvani). 

Sir talked about fancy imagination. 

He gave some examples like:

"તળાવ ને વાગેલો પથ્થર, તરંગ થય ને તળાવ ને પંપાળે "

"ઉંબરે ઉભી સાંભળું રે બોલ વાલમ ના... "

"જનની ની જોડ સખી નહી જડે રે લોલ... "

He used some proverbs like :

" ટપ ટપ થી નહી, મમ મમ થી કામ છે "

"સંઘરેલો સાપ પણ કામ આવે ".

Sir also use a sentence which I like most"  Misunderstanding is an Understanding ". 

If you want to see Vinod sir's online lectures then you can search on you tube: 'Vinod Joshi Poet". 

Vinod Joshi Poet Kavya and Rasa. 

Really we enjoyed the lectures. 

Day 4 with Vinod sir

Yesterday sir talked about Vakrokti. If we want to understand Vakrokti then we have to understand the philosophical back ground. Vakrokti means Crooked Speech.
‌Through Vakrokti we can feel Nature and Intellectuality. Sir talked about Arch. Arch has no beginning no end. He also talked about shaping de shaping,  monotonous. Kuntak was a main motive of Vakrokti. His book's name is "વક્રોક્તિ જીવિત".
‌"વૈદગધ્યભંગીભણિતિ ઇતિ વક્રોકતિ ।"
‌Vaidagdhya means Intellectual.
‌Bhangi means shape.
‌Bhaniti means saying something special.
‌"Vakrokti means hew distinct is said".
    "શબ્દાર્થો સહિતૌ વક્ર
                   કવિ વ્યાપાર શાલિની ।
      બન્ધે વ્યવસ્થિતો કાવ્યમ
                    તાદ્દવિદાહલાદ કારીણી ॥"
During the lecture sir talked about a ballad....
" નણંદ ના વીર વિના એકલુ રે લોલ... "
Then talked about novels like" સરસ્વતી ચંદ્ર ", "જય સોમનાથ "(કનૈયાલાલ મુનશી )," Aspects of the Novel" by E. M. Frost. Sir also talked about Cubist poet.

Day - 5
Special Thanks to Vinod sir

I would like to say special thanks to Vinod Joshi sir because today is sunday and he gave his precious time to us. Today we learnt about the types of Vakrokti. There are 6 types of Vakrokti: વર્ણવિન્યાસ વક્રતા, પદ પૂર્વાર્ધ વક્રતા, પદ પરાર્ધ વક્રતા, વાકય વક્રતા, પ્રકરણ વક્રતા, પ્રબંધ વક્રતા.
1) વર્ણાવિન્યાસ વક્રતા
Synchronise of letters from where nature is generated.
2) પદ પૂર્વાર્ધ વક્રતા
For example:
"બોલમાં બોલમાં બોલમાં, રાધાક્રિષ્ના વિના બીજું બોલમાં... "
"જાઓ રે જોગી તુમ જાઓ રે, યે પ્રેમી ઓ કી નગરી હે... "
3) પદ પરાધ વક્રતા
For example:
" ગઢને હોંકારો તો કાંગરાએ દેશે,
         પણ ગઢ મા હોંકારો કોણ દેશે? "
This is the game of language which is created by creator.
4) વાકય વક્રતા
For example :
" To be or not to be? " that is the question.
" સબ કા સાથ સબ કા વિકાસ"
5)પ્રકરણ વક્રતા
For example:
There is a relationship between Mythology and Prakran. "
Prakran Vakrata means Reinterpretation of Uttering. "અભિજ્ઞાન શાકુન્તલમ " is the best example of Prakran Vakrokti.
6) પ્રબંધ વક્રતા
We understand the another meaning of any creation.
For example :
Richard Bach's "Jonathan Livingston Seagulls".
During tje lecture sir talked about "શિખંડી "કાવ્ય, મંડન  મિશરી અને શંકરાચાર્યે, Earnest Hemingway's" Old man and the Sea". Girish Karnad's "Tughalaq".
We can say that Kronch's" Aesthetic " and Kuntak 's Vakrokti are walking parallel.