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 XII - Single and Combined Hands (part 2)
Plate XII.A. Tripatāka right hand.
Plate XII.B. Siṃha-mukta left hand.
Plate XII.C. Alapadma left hand.
Plate XII.D. Śikhara left hand.
Plate XII.E. Karkaṭa combined hands (a grove of trees)
Plate XII.F. Pāśa combined hands (enmity)
SINGLE AND COMBINED HANDS