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...
Title Page
THE MIRROR OF GESTURE
BEING THE ABHINAYA DARPAṆA
OF NANDIKEŚVARA
TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH
BY
ANANDA COOMARASWAMY
AND
GOPALA KRISTNAYYA DUGGIRALA
WITH INTRODUCTION AND
ILLUSTRATIONS
CAMBRIDGE
HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS
LONDON: HUMPHREY MILFORD
Oxford University Press
1917