About the Book: Psychological Studies in Rasa This overall survey of a difficult subjects is one that was needed to clarify the situation of conflicting opinions that have crowded this area of literary criticism. Undoubtedly, this book will not appeal to the layman, but it should be of great value to students of poetry, literature and literary criticism. This book is the result of an intensive study of most of the original works on Rasa in Sanskrit and those who read it will be struck by the intensity of the researches made by the author.