sthāyi-bhāvo’tra śṛṅgāre kathyate madhurā ratiḥ ||
(Ujjvala-nīlamaṇi: 14.1)
“In the case of śṛṅgāra [i.e., the rasa of amorous passion], the permanent disposition (sthāyi-bhāva) is called madhurā-rati.”
śṛṅgaṁ hi manmathodbhedas tad-āgamana-hetukaḥ |
uttama-prakṛti-prāyo rasaḥ śṛṅgāra iṣyate ||
(Sāhitya-darpaṇa: 3.183; cited in the Locana-rocanī-ṭīkā on Ujjvala-nīlamaṇi: 1.21)
“Since [the word] śṛṅga [lit., ‘peak’] refers to the emergence of amorous passion [lit., ‘the Mind-churner’] (Manmatha) [viz., Kāmadeva], the rasa the cause of which is the arising of that [i.e., of the emergence of amorous passion] and the basis of which primarily is the exalted [i.e., a nāyaka and nāyikā of exalted character] is called śṛṅgāra.”
puṁsaḥ striyāṁ striyāḥ puṁsi saṁbhogaṁ prati yā spṛhā |
sa śṛṅgāra iti khyātaḥ krīḍā-raty-ādi-kārakaḥ ||
(Unknown source; cited in Vaman Shivaram Apte Dictionary)
“The desire for copulation with a man in a woman and with a woman in a man is called śṛṅgāra and is the cause of amorous play, sexual pleasure, and so on.”
