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 X - Single Hands
Plate X.A. Patāka hand
Plate X.B. Ardha-candra hand
Plate X.C. Muṣṭi hand
Plate X.D. Śikhara hand
Plate X.E. Bhramara hand
Plate X.F. Śukatuṇḍa hand
(From drawings by Miss Dorothy M. Larcher.)