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 X - Single Hands

Plate X.A. Patāka hand

Plate X.B. Ardha-candra hand

Plate X.C. Muṣṭi hand

Plate X.D. Śikhara hand

Plate X.E. Bhramara hand

Plate X.F. Śukatuṇḍa hand

 

(From drawings by Miss Dorothy M. Larcher.)

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