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...
THE COSMIC DANCE OF ŚIVA (NAṬARĀJA)
Copper figure in Madras Museum.
The first right hand holding a drum, the second in abhaya
mudrā, the first left hand (out of the picture, see Place XIb) holding a flame, the
forward left hand exhibiting the gaja or daṇḍa pose (cf. Plate III).