camatkara
चमत्कार camatkāraThe flash of aesthetic wonder or astonishment in which rasa is relished. For Abhinavagupta it is the taste of one's own emotion made impersonal and luminous, held in a repose (vishranti) of consciousness resting in itself.
Where this term appears
- Who was Abhinavagupta? Lineages
The relish itself he named camatkara , the flash of wonder, the mind lit up and resting in its own delight.
- Rasa: emotion, beauty, and the arts as a spiritual science Philosophy
…otion shown to you clean, tasted in a flash of astonishment he called camatkara , and held in a state of vishranti , repose, consciousness resting in itself.