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The Mirror of Gesture: Being the Abhinaya Darpana of Nandikesvara
Nandikesvara (trans. Ananda Coomaraswamy & Gopala Kristnayya Duggirala)
Translates the classical Sanskrit manual of hand gestures, glances and postures used in dance-drama, arguing that every emotion a performer conveys is built from a fixed vocabulary of codified signs rather than improvised expression.
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