Abhinaya-darpana (English)
by Ananda Coomaraswamy | 1917 | 16,981 words | ISBN-13: 9788121500210
The English translation of the Abhinaya-darpana (“the mirror of gesture”) by Nandikeshvara: an encyclopedic manual of the art of gesticulation. It belongs to a wide range of literature known as Natya-shastra: the ancient Indian art of dramatic performance, theatrics, dance and music. The Abhinaya Darpana is an abridgement of the Bharatarnava, a m...
Chapter 18 - Hands denoting Nine Planets
Hands that indicate the Nine Planets (nava graha).
Sūrya: Solapadma and Kapittha hands held on the shoulders.
Candra: left hand Solapadma, right hand Patāka.
Aṅgārakha: left hand Sūci, right hand Muṣṭi.
Budha: left hand Muṣṭi askew, right hand Patāka.
Bṛhaspati: Śikhara with both hands, as if holding the sacred thread.
Śukra: Muṣṭi with both hands, the left raised, the right downwards.
Śanaiscara: left hand Sarpa-śīrṣa, right hand Triśūla.
Rahu: left hand Sarpa-śīrṣa, right hand Sūci.
Ketu: left hand Sūci, right hand Ardha-patāka.