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Question 1
ప్రశ్న 1
Which ancient Indian treatise contains the foundational formulation of rasa theory?
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Explanation:
• Bharata's Natyashastra contains the foundational systematic account of rasa and bhava.
• The treatise discusses drama, performance, music, dance, gesture and aesthetic response.
• Dhvanyaloka, Kavyaprakasha and Vakroktijivita belong to later developments in Indian poetics.
• The treatise discusses drama, performance, music, dance, gesture and aesthetic response.
• Dhvanyaloka, Kavyaprakasha and Vakroktijivita belong to later developments in Indian poetics.
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Question 2
ప్రశ్న 2
The rasa formula traditionally attributed to Bharata states that rasa arises from the conjunction of:
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Explanation:
• Bharata's rasasutra explains that rasa arises from the conjunction of vibhava, anubhava and vyabhichari bhavas.
• These factors activate, express and support an underlying stable emotion.
• The other combinations belong to different branches and concepts of Indian literary theory.
• These factors activate, express and support an underlying stable emotion.
• The other combinations belong to different branches and concepts of Indian literary theory.
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Question 3
ప్రశ్న 3
What does vibhava denote in rasa theory?
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Explanation:
• Vibhava is the determinant or stimulus that awakens an emotional state.
• It includes persons, objects and circumstances associated with the emotion.
• The stable disposition is sthayi bhava, while rasa is the aesthetic experience produced through artistic realization.
• It includes persons, objects and circumstances associated with the emotion.
• The stable disposition is sthayi bhava, while rasa is the aesthetic experience produced through artistic realization.
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Question 4
ప్రశ్న 4
Which term refers to the outward expressive consequences of an emotion, such as gestures, glances or changes of voice?
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Explanation:
• Anubhava refers to the observable expressions that follow from an inner emotional state.
• Gestures, facial expressions, bodily movements and vocal changes communicate the emotion in performance.
• These expressive effects help the spectator recognize and aesthetically experience the developing bhava.
• Gestures, facial expressions, bodily movements and vocal changes communicate the emotion in performance.
• These expressive effects help the spectator recognize and aesthetically experience the developing bhava.
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Question 5
ప్రశ్న 5
Vyabhichari bhavas are best described as:
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Explanation:
• Vyabhichari bhavas are transitory or complementary emotional states.
• They arise and subside while strengthening the dominant sthayi bhava.
• Examples include doubt, anxiety, fatigue, shame and recollection, depending on the dramatic situation.
• They arise and subside while strengthening the dominant sthayi bhava.
• Examples include doubt, anxiety, fatigue, shame and recollection, depending on the dramatic situation.
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Question 6
ప్రశ్న 6
Which term denotes the stable and enduring emotional disposition that develops into rasa?
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Explanation:
• Sthayi bhava is the durable emotional disposition underlying the aesthetic process.
• Through the interaction of determinants, consequents and transitory states, it becomes aesthetically relishable as rasa.
• It is therefore central to the transformation from represented emotion to aesthetic experience.
• Through the interaction of determinants, consequents and transitory states, it becomes aesthetically relishable as rasa.
• It is therefore central to the transformation from represented emotion to aesthetic experience.
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Question 7
ప్రశ్న 7
Which pair is correctly matched?
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Explanation:
• Vyabhichari bhavas are temporary emotional states that assist and intensify the dominant emotion.
• Vibhava is the determinant, anubhava is the expressive consequence, and rasa is the aesthetic relish.
• The correctly matched pair is therefore vyabhichari bhava — transitory supporting emotion.
• Vibhava is the determinant, anubhava is the expressive consequence, and rasa is the aesthetic relish.
• The correctly matched pair is therefore vyabhichari bhava — transitory supporting emotion.
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Question 8
ప్రశ్న 8
In rasa theory, alambana vibhava refers to:
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Explanation:
• Alambana vibhava is the supporting person or object directly connected with an emotion.
• In love, for example, the beloved may function as the alambana vibhava.
• Environmental factors that intensify the emotion are generally classified as uddipana vibhavas.
• In love, for example, the beloved may function as the alambana vibhava.
• Environmental factors that intensify the emotion are generally classified as uddipana vibhavas.
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Question 9
ప్రశ్న 9
Uddipana vibhavas are:
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Explanation:
• Uddipana vibhavas are stimulating features of the setting or environment.
• Moonlight, seasons, music, gardens or threatening surroundings may intensify an already relevant emotion.
• They work with alambana vibhava to establish the determinants of the emotional situation.
• Moonlight, seasons, music, gardens or threatening surroundings may intensify an already relevant emotion.
• They work with alambana vibhava to establish the determinants of the emotional situation.
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Question 10
ప్రశ్న 10
Which statement best distinguishes bhava from rasa?
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Explanation:
• Bhavas are emotional states represented, enacted or suggested within the work.
• Rasa is the aesthetic relish or experience produced in the responsive spectator or reader.
• The two are closely related, but they are not identical stages of the aesthetic process.
• Rasa is the aesthetic relish or experience produced in the responsive spectator or reader.
• The two are closely related, but they are not identical stages of the aesthetic process.
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Question 11
ప్రశ్న 11
Statement I: Rasa is identical with the private everyday emotion of a particular character.
Statement II: Aesthetic experience transforms represented emotion into a generalized and relishable form.
Statement II: Aesthetic experience transforms represented emotion into a generalized and relishable form.
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Explanation:
• Statement I is incorrect because rasa is not merely the private emotion of a fictional person.
• Statement II is correct because aesthetic experience lifts emotion beyond narrow personal circumstance into a generalized form.
• The spectator relishes the emotional essence without responding exactly as in an ordinary practical situation.
• Statement II is correct because aesthetic experience lifts emotion beyond narrow personal circumstance into a generalized form.
• The spectator relishes the emotional essence without responding exactly as in an ordinary practical situation.
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Question 12
ప్రశ్న 12
Assertion: The spectator can enjoy even sorrowful rasa without undergoing ordinary personal grief.
Reason: The aesthetic situation universalizes emotion and removes its immediate practical consequences.
Reason: The aesthetic situation universalizes emotion and removes its immediate practical consequences.
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Explanation:
• The Assertion is correct because karuna rasa can be aesthetically enjoyed despite its basis in sorrow.
• The Reason is correct because aesthetic distance and universalization free the experience from ordinary practical pain.
• The Reason directly explains how sorrow becomes contemplatively relishable.
• The Reason is correct because aesthetic distance and universalization free the experience from ordinary practical pain.
• The Reason directly explains how sorrow becomes contemplatively relishable.
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Question 13
ప్రశ్న 13
Which thinker provided the most influential philosophical elaboration of Bharata's rasa theory?
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Explanation:
• Abhinavagupta developed the most influential philosophical interpretation of rasa in his commentary Abhinavabharati.
• He explained aesthetic experience through generalization, contemplative relish and the spectator's latent emotional dispositions.
• Bhamaha, Dandin and Kuntaka are associated more directly with other theories of poetics.
• He explained aesthetic experience through generalization, contemplative relish and the spectator's latent emotional dispositions.
• Bhamaha, Dandin and Kuntaka are associated more directly with other theories of poetics.
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Question 14
ప్రశ్న 14
Abhinavagupta's concept of sadharanikarana refers to:
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Explanation:
• Sadharanikarana is the process through which emotion becomes generalized beyond specific personal limitations.
• The spectator does not experience the represented situation as a private practical event.
• This universalization makes aesthetic relish possible for a responsive audience.
• The spectator does not experience the represented situation as a private practical event.
• This universalization makes aesthetic relish possible for a responsive audience.
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Question 15
ప్రశ్న 15
According to Abhinavagupta, the competent spectator who is capable of rasa experience is commonly called:
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Explanation:
• Sahrdaya literally suggests a person of sympathetic heart or refined responsiveness.
• Such a spectator possesses the sensitivity and cultural competence required to relish rasa.
• Nayaka is a hero, Sutradhara is a stage manager or narrator, and Vidushaka is a comic companion.
• Such a spectator possesses the sensitivity and cultural competence required to relish rasa.
• Nayaka is a hero, Sutradhara is a stage manager or narrator, and Vidushaka is a comic companion.
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Question 16
ప్రశ్న 16
Match List I with List II.
List I:
1. Vibhava
2. Anubhava
3. Vyabhichari bhava
4. Sthayi bhava
List II:
a. Stable emotional disposition
b. Determinant or stimulus
c. Transitory supporting state
d. Outward expressive consequence
List I:
1. Vibhava
2. Anubhava
3. Vyabhichari bhava
4. Sthayi bhava
List II:
a. Stable emotional disposition
b. Determinant or stimulus
c. Transitory supporting state
d. Outward expressive consequence
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Explanation:
• Vibhava is the determinant or stimulus of emotion.
• Anubhava is the outward expressive consequence of the inner state.
• Vyabhichari bhava is a transitory supporting emotion.
• Sthayi bhava is the stable disposition that develops into rasa, so the correct code is 1-b, 2-d, 3-c, 4-a.
• Anubhava is the outward expressive consequence of the inner state.
• Vyabhichari bhava is a transitory supporting emotion.
• Sthayi bhava is the stable disposition that develops into rasa, so the correct code is 1-b, 2-d, 3-c, 4-a.
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Question 17
ప్రశ్న 17
Consider the following statements about rasa experience:
1. It depends on the interaction of several emotional and performative factors.
2. It is reducible to the actor's private emotion.
3. It involves aesthetic relish by a responsive spectator.
4. It transforms individual emotion into a generalized experience.
Which statements are correct?
1. It depends on the interaction of several emotional and performative factors.
2. It is reducible to the actor's private emotion.
3. It involves aesthetic relish by a responsive spectator.
4. It transforms individual emotion into a generalized experience.
Which statements are correct?
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Explanation:
• Statement 1 is correct because vibhava, anubhava and transitory states cooperate in rasa production.
• Statement 2 is incorrect because rasa is not the actor's private emotion.
• Statement 3 is correct because rasa is relished by a competent spectator.
• Statement 4 is correct because aesthetic universalization removes narrow personal limitation, so 1, 3 and 4 only are correct.
• Statement 2 is incorrect because rasa is not the actor's private emotion.
• Statement 3 is correct because rasa is relished by a competent spectator.
• Statement 4 is correct because aesthetic universalization removes narrow personal limitation, so 1, 3 and 4 only are correct.
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Question 18
ప్రశ్న 18
Which sequence best represents the aesthetic development described by rasa theory?
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Explanation:
• Determinants establish the emotional situation, while expressive and transitory states develop it.
• These factors activate and nourish the relevant sthayi bhava.
• In aesthetic reception, the stable emotion becomes relishable as rasa.
• These factors activate and nourish the relevant sthayi bhava.
• In aesthetic reception, the stable emotion becomes relishable as rasa.
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Question 19
ప్రశ్న 19
Which of the following is incorrectly matched?
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Explanation:
• Anubhava is the outward expressive consequence of emotion, not an environmental stimulus.
• Environmental stimulants are usually classified as uddipana vibhavas.
• Bharata is associated with the Natyashastra, Abhinavagupta with Abhinavabharati and sadharanikarana with universalization.
• Environmental stimulants are usually classified as uddipana vibhavas.
• Bharata is associated with the Natyashastra, Abhinavagupta with Abhinavabharati and sadharanikarana with universalization.
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Question 20
ప్రశ్న 20
A stage character trembles, weeps and speaks in a broken voice after receiving tragic news. In rasa theory, these visible expressions function primarily as:
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Explanation:
• Trembling, weeping and changes of voice are outward signs through which an inner state becomes perceptible.
• They function as anubhavas within the performed emotional situation.
• They are not themselves the final rasa or the underlying stable disposition.
• They function as anubhavas within the performed emotional situation.
• They are not themselves the final rasa or the underlying stable disposition.
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Question 21
ప్రశ్న 21
A moonlit garden, fragrant flowers and soft music intensify the feeling of love in a dramatic scene. These features are best classified as:
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Explanation:
• The moonlight, flowers and music are environmental stimulants that intensify the emotion of love.
• They are therefore uddipana vibhavas.
• The beloved would more commonly function as an alambana vibhava, while bodily expressions would be anubhavas.
• They are therefore uddipana vibhavas.
• The beloved would more commonly function as an alambana vibhava, while bodily expressions would be anubhavas.
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Question 22
ప్రశ్న 22
Which comparison between rasa and Aristotelian catharsis is most accurate?
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Explanation:
• Rasa theory accounts for the aesthetic relish of several emotional modes across dramatic and poetic experience.
• Aristotle's catharsis is specifically connected with tragedy's operation through pity and fear.
• The theories may be compared as accounts of transformed emotion, but they should not be treated as identical.
• Aristotle's catharsis is specifically connected with tragedy's operation through pity and fear.
• The theories may be compared as accounts of transformed emotion, but they should not be treated as identical.
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Question 23
ప్రశ్న 23
Statement I: Both rasa and catharsis concern the transformation of emotion through artistic experience.
Statement II: Both theories explain aesthetic response through exactly the same categories and psychological process.
Statement II: Both theories explain aesthetic response through exactly the same categories and psychological process.
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Explanation:
• Statement I is correct because both theories investigate how represented emotion affects an audience aesthetically.
• Statement II is incorrect because their concepts, textual traditions and explanatory frameworks differ significantly.
• Rasa emphasizes relish and universalization, while catharsis is linked to pity and fear in Aristotle's account of tragedy.
• Statement II is incorrect because their concepts, textual traditions and explanatory frameworks differ significantly.
• Rasa emphasizes relish and universalization, while catharsis is linked to pity and fear in Aristotle's account of tragedy.
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Question 24
ప్రశ్న 24
Assertion: Rasa should not be equated with uncontrolled emotional contagion.
Reason: The spectator experiences emotion through aesthetic distance, generalization and contemplative relish.
Reason: The spectator experiences emotion through aesthetic distance, generalization and contemplative relish.
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Explanation:
• The Assertion is correct because rasa is an aesthetically transformed experience rather than raw personal infection.
• The Reason is correct because the emotion is generalized and freed from immediate practical urgency.
• The Reason directly explains why rasa involves contemplative enjoyment rather than uncontrolled emotional contagion.
• The Reason is correct because the emotion is generalized and freed from immediate practical urgency.
• The Reason directly explains why rasa involves contemplative enjoyment rather than uncontrolled emotional contagion.
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Question 25
ప్రశ్న 25
Which integrated statement best represents the relation among bhava, performance and rasa?
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Explanation:
• Vibhavas establish the emotional causes and circumstances.
• Anubhavas and transitory states express and develop the relevant emotion.
• The sthayi bhava is activated and aesthetically universalized.
• A responsive spectator then relishes this transformed emotional experience as rasa.
• Anubhavas and transitory states express and develop the relevant emotion.
• The sthayi bhava is activated and aesthetically universalized.
• A responsive spectator then relishes this transformed emotional experience as rasa.
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Answer Key సమాధానాల పట్టిక
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Question 1 ప్రశ్న 1Answer: B. Natyashastra సమాధానం: B.
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Question 2 ప్రశ్న 2Answer: A. Vibhava, anubhava and vyabhichari bhava సమాధానం: A.
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Question 3 ప్రశ్న 3Answer: C. The determining cause or stimulus of an emotion సమాధానం: C.
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Question 4 ప్రశ్న 4Answer: D. Anubhava సమాధానం: D.
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Question 5 ప్రశ్న 5Answer: A. Transitory emotional states that support the dominant emotion సమాధానం: A.
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Question 6 ప్రశ్న 6Answer: B. Sthayi bhava సమాధానం: B.
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Question 7 ప్రశ్న 7Answer: C. Vyabhichari bhava — transitory supporting emotion సమాధానం: C.
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Question 8 ప్రశ్న 8Answer: B. The principal person or object upon which an emotion depends సమాధానం: B.
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Question 9 ప్రశ్న 9Answer: A. Environmental features that intensify an emotional state సమాధానం: A.
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Question 10 ప్రశ్న 10Answer: C. Bhava is represented emotion, while rasa is its aesthetically relished realization. సమాధానం: C.
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Question 11 ప్రశ్న 11Answer: D. Statement I is incorrect, but Statement II is correct సమాధానం: D.
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Question 12 ప్రశ్న 12Answer: A. Both Assertion and Reason are correct, and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion సమాధానం: A.
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Question 13 ప్రశ్న 13Answer: C. Abhinavagupta సమాధానం: C.
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Question 14 ప్రశ్న 14Answer: B. The universalization or deindividualization of represented emotion సమాధానం: B.
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Question 15 ప్రశ్న 15Answer: A. Sahrdaya సమాధానం: A.
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Question 16 ప్రశ్న 16Answer: A. 1-b, 2-d, 3-c, 4-a సమాధానం: A.
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Question 17 ప్రశ్న 17Answer: C. 1, 3 and 4 only సమాధానం: C.
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Question 18 ప్రశ్న 18Answer: B. Vibhava and related bhavas → activation of sthayi bhava → rasa experience సమాధానం: B.
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Question 19 ప్రశ్న 19Answer: D. Anubhava — environmental stimulus సమాధానం: D.
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Question 20 ప్రశ్న 20Answer: A. Anubhavas సమాధానం: A.
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Question 21 ప్రశ్న 21Answer: B. Uddipana vibhavas సమాధానం: B.
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Question 22 ప్రశ్న 22Answer: C. Rasa emphasizes aesthetic relish of a range of emotional modes, while catharsis is classically linked with pity and fear in tragedy. సమాధానం: C.
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Question 23 ప్రశ్న 23Answer: C. Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect సమాధానం: C.
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Question 24 ప్రశ్న 24Answer: A. Both Assertion and Reason are correct, and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion సమాధానం: A.
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Question 25 ప్రశ్న 25Answer: C. Determinants, expressions and transitory states activate a stable emotion that the responsive spectator relishes as rasa. సమాధానం: C.