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Natyashastra

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इत्येष स्वसमुत्थस्तथा परसमुत्थश्च विज्ञेयः । द्विविधस्त्रिप्रकृतिगतस्त्र्यवस्थभावो रसो हास्यः ॥ १२॥

Thus, this Sentiment (Comic Sentiment) is to be understood as arising in two forms: self-generated and caused by others. It is of two types, related to three categories of characters (superior, middling, and inferior), and manifests in three states.

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