Abhinaya-darpana (English)
by Ananda Coomaraswamy | 1917 | 16,981 words | ISBN-13: 9788121500210
The English translation of the Abhinaya-darpana (鈥渢he mirror of gesture鈥�) 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 hast膩ni):
According to a different book the (twenty-seven) Combined Hands are as follows:
Twenty-seven hands are described as follows:
- 痴颈辫谤补办墨谤峁嘺,
- Tala-mukha,
- Gajadanta,
- 厂奴肠颈-惫颈诲诲丑补,
- Pallava,
- Nitamba,
- 碍别艣补-产补苍诲丑补,
- 尝补迟腻,
- Dvirada,
- 鲍诲诲丑峁泃补,
- Samyama,
- 惭耻诲谤腻,
- Aja-mukha,
- Ardha-mukula,
- Recita,
- 碍耻艣补濒补,
- 笔补办峁-惫补帽肠颈迟补,
- Tilaka,
- 鲍迟迟丑腻苍补-惫补帽肠颈迟补,
- 痴补谤诲丑补尘腻苍补,
- 闯帽腻苍补,
- 搁别办丑腻,
- 痴补颈峁ａ箛补惫补,
- 叠谤补丑尘辞办迟补-艣耻办补迟耻峁囜笉补,
- 碍丑补峁囜笉补-肠补迟耻谤补,
- Ardha-catura,
- 尝墨苍补-尘耻诲谤腻.
[The descriptions in many cases correspond with what has already been given.]