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 28 - Hands denoting Water Creatures
Hands that indicate Water-Animals.—
Frog, the double Cakra hand, i. e. the thumb and forefinger go in, the middle finger is bent, and the little finger extended;
Crab, the Līna-karkaṭa hand, i. e., right hand Karkaṭa direct upwards and placed on the 1. h., the fingers being interlocked;
Leech, Sūci hands moved along;
Crocodile, Patāka hands crossed and held apart, also indicating a box;
Duṇḍupha, the Kartarī-daṇḍa hand, i. e., right hand Kartarī, face upwards, placed on the other fore-arm, and left hand Kaṭaka-mukha.