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 XIII - Combined Hands
Plate XIII.A. Right hand Sūci, left hand Siṃha-mukha:
representing Kṛṣṇa driving cattle.
Plate XIII.B. Raising mount Govardhan
Plate XIII.C. The Rice-Mortar
(Alapadma hands)
Plate XIII.D. Both Hands udveṣṭitālapadma.
COMBINED HANDS