Srihastamuktavali of Subhankara Kavi

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Śrīhastamuktāvalī of Subhankara Kavi
(KMS No. 3)

Edited and translated by MAHESWAR NEOG

1991, xlii+206pp., col. plates, appen., select bibl., index, ISBN: 81-208-0829-0: Rs 300 (HB)

Many texts on music, dance and drama continued to be written in different parts of India through the seventeenth century,. Between the twelfth and the sixteenth centuries, regional styles emerged. Of the medieval texts Subhankara Kavi's Srihastamuktavali belongs to the eastern tradition and is significant for its detailed treatment of the hastas (hand gestures). While there is ambiguity in regard to its origins, the text has been found in Maithili and in Assamese transcripts. The text throws light on the language of the hand gestures which may have been followed in the eastern regions. The editor points out the similarities as also differences in the treatment of the subject in Srihastamuktavali, Natyasastra and the Sangita-Ratnakara traditions.

MAHESWAR NEOG, a scholar of extraordinary gifts and accomplishments, had been writing and lecturing on different aspects of religion, history, literature and the arts of Assam for more than five decades. In his book Sankaradeva and his times, he has explored literary and artistic texts with incomparable depth. His other works include Sri Sri Sankaradeva, Asamiya Sahityar Ruparekha, Adhunika Asamiya Sahitya, Pracya Sasanavali (Epigraphy), Guru-a-carita katha(ed), Pavitra Assam'(ed).



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