Vyabhichari Bhava
व्यभिचारिभावSanskritSay it: vya · bhi · chaa · ri · bhaa · va
- bh, dh, gh… — the consonant with a breath of air after it
- aa ee oo ē ō — long vowels: hold them twice as long
The passing feelings that colour a lasting emotion — thirty-three in all
ConceptBharatanatyamKuchipudiOdissiMohiniyattam
Meaning
Vyabhichari bhavas, also called sanchari bhavas, are the transitory states that rise and fall around a sthayi bhava — doubt, anxiety, joy, weariness and the like. The Natyashastra lists thirty-three. In dance, 'sanchari' is also used for the improvised elaborations a dancer builds on a line of text.
Also written: sanchari bhava, sanchari, sanchari bhavam, vyabhicharibhava, sancharibhava