Dances of India: With an Appendix on Indian Music

abhinaya Abhinaya Darpana Abhinayadarpanam accompanied actors Adavu Ala-padma ancient Angaharas beauty Bengali Bhagavata Mela Bharata Natyam Bhavas body Bombay Brahmin Calcutta called celestial Chakkiyars CHAPTER Chhau dances classical dance costumes cymbals dance art demon Devadasi divine drama drum emotions facial expression feet festival flower fundamental gesture language Gods Gopis grace hastas head Hindu dancing Hindu music Indian dance Indian Music indicates Indra jati Jayanta Karanas Kathak Kathak dance Kathakali Kerala Krishna Kuchipudi Leela limbs lotus Madras Maharaj make-up Malabar male dancers Manipur Manipur dance Matraka melodic modern mood movements Mriga-sirsa Mudras music and dancing musician Natya Shastra Nritya O. C. Gangoly palms Pataka hands performed plays pose postures Radha Ragas Ragini Ragini Devi Raja Ramayana rasa rhythm rhythmic sacred Sanskrit Sarangadeva Sastra Sikhara Siva song South India spiritual srutis syllables symbol Tagore Talas Tandava Tanjore temple theatre thumb tones traditional Triveni Urvasi Vishnu women worship wrists Yakshagana