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...

Plate IV - Dancing frieze

(ceiling sculpture, dilwara, mount abu)

sculpture at mount abu

Plate IV.A

sculpture at mount abu

Plate IV.B

sculpture at mount abu

Plate IV.C

CEILING SCULPTURE AT DILWARRA, MOUNT ĀBŪ

Dance with hand poses, and music.

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