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 IX - Nauth Dance before a Royal Patron
NAUTH DANCE BEFORE A ROYAL PATRON
From a sixteenth century Rājasthanī illustration of Pañcama (?) rāginī, a musical mode,
the dancer exhibiting patāka hands: chorus to the left.
(Dr. Coomaraswamy’s collection)