Nandikeshvara (Sanskrit: नन्दिकेश्वर​; 5th century – 4th century BC) was a major theatrologist of ancient India. He was the author of the Abhinaya Darpana...

Nandi (Sanskrit: नन्दि), also known as Nandikeshvara or Nandideva, is the bull vahana (mount) of the Hindu god Shiva. He is also the guardian deity of...

Ganesha. Before becoming the vehicle of Shiva, Nandi was a deity called Nandikeshvara, lord of joy and master of music and dance. Then, without warning, his...

over it. Ravana met Shiva's demigod-bull attendant Nandi (Nandisha, Nandikeshvara) at the place and asked the reason behind his chariot's inability to...

on Vātsyāyana is Jayamangala (13th century). Kāmashāstra of Nandi or Nandikeshvara. (1000) Vātsyāyanasūtrasara, by Kshemendra: eleventh-century commentary...

aspects of the performance style of that period. Abhinaya Darpana by Nandikeshvara, another work of dramatic theory comparable to the Nātya Shāstra. Farley...

Kokkoka depended on a number of other authors including, among others Nandikeshvara, Gonikaputra, and Vatsyayana. Arabic, Persian and Turkish translations...

ancient text that has influenced Kathak is the Abhinaya Darpanam of Nandikeshvara (~2nd century CE). In Kathak, abhinaya is in the form of expressive...

The Natya Shastra describes 24 mudras, while the Abhinaya Darpana of Nandikeshvara gives 28. In all their forms of Indian classical dance, the mudras are...

occasional hindquarters of a bull. Nandi – Some Puranas describe Nandi or Nandikeshvara as bull-faced, with a human body that resembles that of Shiva in proportion...

India. He is considered to be a form of the god, Krishna. Nandi, or Nandikeshvara is the name for the bull which serves as the mount of the god Shiva...

Kangiten (Nandikeshvara) God of obstacles, bliss and success Dual-bodied (Sōshin) Kangiten Other names Shōten / Shōden (聖天) Shōten- / Shōden-sama (聖天様...

it. Ravana met Shiva's vahana, the bull attendant Nandi (Nandisha, Nandikeshvara) at the place, and asked the reason behind his chariot's inability to...

Bhasa according to some scholars preceded Natyashastra tradition. Nandikeshvara who wrote Abhinaya Darpana lit. 'The Mirror of Gesture' which itself...

Sūtrasamuccaya, Bodhicittavivaraṇa, Suhṛllekha, Bodhisaṃbhāra Nandikeshvara Abhinaya Darpana, Bharatarnava Padmagupta Navasahasānkacharitam Rajasekhara...

and carnatic vocalist who received Padma Shri M. Balamuralikrishna Nandikeshvara, the author of the Abhinaya Darpana lit. 'The Mirror of Gesture' Palghat...

of Shastras (Indian Ancient Dance treatises like Natyashastra and Nandikeshvara's Abhinaya Darpana) in the Kathak repertoire. He was awarded Padma Shri...

also references the "Abhinaya Darpana", "The Mirror of Gestures", Nandikeshvara's ancient text upon Indian stage-craft and dance. The Darpana Academy...