काव्ये विश्वासटिप्पन्यः

Classification

According to behaviorists, only „overt‟ events – objectively observable activities such as physical movements that can be independently verified by observers.
- Classification 1
  - verbal - spoken sentences
  - vocal - phonetic features such as timber and pitch
  - nonverbal - facial expressions, gestures, and postures
- Displays are actions that function “as stimuli capable of influencing the behavior of other individuals”
cognitivists also bring „covert‟ events – objectively unobservable cognitions and emotions as well as physiological processes
- Relies on verbal reports and physiological observations

Real life situations
- Can infer real-life mental states (sthāyibhāva-s) by accessing information about their antecedent stimuli (kāraṇa-s) (+ transient sahakāri-kāraṇas) and consequent responses (kārya-s).
- sthāyibhāva itself cannot be directly communicated (in the sense that the corresponding emotion arises in the recipient). It can only be inferred.
- Inferred mental state is strongly tied to the person involved.
- Can trouble the viewer (if not detached).
Within a poetic work
- vibhāva corresponds to kāraṇa. Includes such things as season, time of the day etc..
- anubhāva corresponds to kārya. It includes actions such as crying and laughter. It is oft communicated via (possibly imagined) acting.
- vyabhicāribhāvas are communicated via their anubhāvas.
- vibhāva corresponds to kāraṇa. Includes such things as season, time of the day etc..
- anubhāva corresponds to kārya. It includes actions such as crying and laughter. It is oft communicated via acting.
- vyabhicāribhāvas are communicated via their anubhāvas.
- sthāyibhāva is located within the character.
Each bhāva (vyabhicāri or sthāyibhāva) is communicated thus.

People like abhinavagupta claim that the inference here is different from the real-world counterpart, and call it ‘dhvani’ aka ‘implicature’.
People like shankuka say that the inference part here is exactly the same whether on stage or in real-world.