History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c92.296

v7.c92.296

In a recent work 'Royal conquests and cultural migrations' Mr. C. Sivaramamurti (Calcutta, 1955) remarks (on p. 43) that the 'hastas' and '*karaṇas*' on the Gopura at Chidambaram are found also in the Śiva temple at Prambanan in Java, where one can observe many of the *karaṇas* like Patākā, Tripatāka, Ardhacandra, Śikhara, Kartarīmukha, Śūci and hastas like Añjali, Puṣpapuṭa. In another recent work 'Contributions to the History of the Indian Drama' by Dr. Manomohan Ghosh (Calcutta, 1958) it is stated that in the bas-reliefs of Bayon (Angkor Thom) certain aspects of the Cambodian dance and drama, particularly certain gestures depicted and actually observed in practice now in the dances in the royal palace, are similar to those described in the Nāṭyaśāstra of Bharata such as Añjali, Patākā, Ardhacandra, Muṣṭi, Candrakalā and Kapota (p 63).