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man of taste (sahrdaya) an emotional state similar to what he depicts in the poem. There must be a close correspondence between the poet's impulses conveyed by his choice of words and possible impulses in the reader. Numerous books and papers have been written on the theory of rasa. I can do nothing more than mention some of the most prominent ones. Vide Dr. De in HSP vol. II pp. 21-32, 135-174 and in 'the theory of Rasa' in Mookerjee Silver Jubilee commemoration volume III pp. 207-253; Dr. A. Sankaran in 'Theories of Rasa and Dhvani', particularly pp. 15-17, 91-117; Dr. Raghavan on 'Śrngāraprakāśa' vol. I part 2 pp. 418-542; 'Indian Aesthetics' by Dr. K. C. Pandey (1950); 'a criticai survey of Indian Aesthetics' Journal of Ganganath Jha Institute vol. III pp. 379-426; 'Psychological Basis of Alankara Literature' by Prof. S. P. Bhattacharya in Mookerjee Silver Jubilee C. volume III pp. 661-682; 'Rasa doctrine' by Mr. P. S. Naidu in Journal of Annamalai University vol. X pp. 1-12; 'Psychology of Beauty' by Dr. B. L. Atreya in J. of Benares H. Un. vol. VI pp. 43-55; 'Concept of sthayibhava' by Prof. Wadekar in Annals of B. O. R. I. vol. 24 pp. 207-214; 'Psychology of Rasa theory' by Prof. K. N. Watve in Annals of B. O. R. I. Silver Jubilee vol. 26 pp. 669-677; 'Philosophy of Aesthetic pleasure' by Pancapagesa Sastri, Annamalai University, 1940; 'Rasa cult in the Caitanyacaritam!ta' in Asutosh Mookerjee S. J. vol. III Orientalia part 3 pp. 368-388; 'Cornerstone of Rasa idealogy' by Prof. S. P. Bhattacharya in Pro. of All India O. Con., 13th Session pp. 253-267; 'The Ālankarikas and the scmantics of suggestion' by N. Bala Subrahmanya in Journal of Mysore University, vol. XVI No. 1; 'Psychologic studies in Rasa' by Dr. Rakesa Gupta (Aligarh, 1950); 'Art Experience' by Prof. M. Hiriyanna in volume of comparative studies presented to Dr. Radhakrishnan on his 60th birthday pp. 176-188; 'Aesthetic experience according to Abhinavagupta' by Raniero Gnoli, Rome, 1956; 'The critical and comparative study of Indian Aesth tics' J. G. J. R. I. vol. XV parts 3 and 4 pp. 187- 132 by Shri H. L. Sharma; 'Comparative Aesthetics' vol. I on 'Indian Aesthetics' 2nd edition (1959) by Dr. K. C. Pandey. Important questions arise about miH and about the number of rasas. Dr. Raghavan dealt with these two topics