 According to Abhinavagupta the" rasas" are like gods, and "śanta" is like their highest centre, Shiva, he insists on transcendence as the highest value in literary aesthetics.Bharata does not consider complete detachment, "Nirveda" (world-weariness) as the "sthāyibhāva" of "śanta" because detachment ordinarily does not arise from knowledge of the truth.Ishvarakrishna states that from detachment comes only "prākrtilaya" i.e.