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 V - Danseuses before a Jaina Goddess; Apsarās dancing before Vishnu
(dilwarra, mount abu; from early kangra painting)
Plate V.A. DANSEUSES BEFORE A JAINA GODDESS
Ceiling sculpture at Dilwarra, Mount Äbū.
B. APSARĀS DANCING
In the Vaikuṇṭha Sabhā of Viṣṇu:
from an early Kāṅgrā painting in the collection of Mr. W. Rothenstein.