TANDAVA LAKSANAM or The Fundamentals of Ancient Hindu Dancing being A Translation into English of the Fourth Chapter of Natya Sastra of Bharata, with a Glossary of the Technical Dance Terms compiled from the Eighth, Ninth, Tenth and Eleventh Chapters of the same work, illustrated with Original Photographs of the Sculptured Dance Poses in the Great Temple of Siva Nataraja at Cidambaram, and containing special Appendices of Aesthetic and Archaeological Interest.

Preface

1. Introduction
   
2. Tandava Laksanam
3. Glossary

1. The Samskrt Text of Tandava Laksanam
2. The Madras Epigraphical Report, 1914
   
3. The Pictorial Appendix
   
4. Bharata's Theatre
   
5. The Fundamental Actions
   
6. Notes on Jarjara and Pindi Bandha
   
7. Contents of the Natya Sastra
   H. Some Ancient Authors and Treatises on Dancing

   References
   Index of Karanas and Angaharas
   General Index