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 15 - Twenty-seven Combined Hands
Combined Hands (samyutta hastāni):
According to a different book the (twenty-seven) Combined Hands are as follows:
Twenty-seven hands are described as follows:
- Viprakīrṇa,
- Tala-mukha,
- Gajadanta,
- Sūci-viddha,
- Pallava,
- Nitamba,
- Keśa-bandha,
- Latā,
- Dvirada,
- Uddhṛta,
- Samyama,
- Mudrā,
- Aja-mukha,
- Ardha-mukula,
- Recita,
- Kuśala,
- Pakṣa-vañcita,
- Tilaka,
- Utthāna-vañcita,
- Vardhamāna,
- Jñāna,
- Rekhā,
- Vaiṣṇava,
- Brahmokta-śukatuṇḍa,
- Khaṇḍa-catura,
- Ardha-catura,
- Līna-mudrā.
[The descriptions in many cases correspond with what has already been given.]