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Agarwal, Urmila.
North India Temple Sculpture. New Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal, 1995.
Appadurai, Arjun. Worship and Conflict Under Colonial Rule, A South Indian Case. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1981.
Appaswamy, Jaya. Tanjore Paintings of the Maratha Period. New Delhi: Abhinav, 1980.
Ayyar, Ramakrishna. Economy of South Indian Temple. Annamalainagar, 1946.

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Balasaraswati, T.
Bharata Natyam: The Sacred and the Secular. Ed. V. Subramaniam. New Delhi: Ashish. 98-108.
Balasaraswati, T. On Bharatanatyam: Sangeet Natak. 72-73: 8-14. New Delhi, 1984.
Beach, Milo Cleveland. Mughal and Rajput Painting. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2000.
Bhandarkar, Sir R.G. Vaishnavism, Saivism and Minor Religious Systems. Varanasi, 1965.
Bhavnani, Enakshi. The Dance in India. Bombay: D.B. Taraporevala, 1965.
Bharatamuni. Natyashastra. 2nd rev. ed. Trans. Manmohan Ghosh. Baroda: G.O.S., 1956.
Blurton, Richard. Hindu Art. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1993.
Bose, Mandrakanta. Beyond the Body: The Idea and Production of Saundarya in Classical Indian Dancing.
Bose, Mandrakanta. Classical Indian Dancing, A Glossary. Calcutta: General Printers and Publishers, 1970.
Bose, Mandrakanta. Dance Vocabulary of Classical India. Delhi: Indian Book Centre, 1995.
Bose, Mandrakanta. The Evolution of Classical Indian Dance Literature: A Study of the Sanskrit Tradition. D.Phil.thesis. Oxford University, 1989.
Bose, Mandrakanta. Movement and Mimesis: The Idea of Dance in the Sanskritic Tradition. Dordrecht, Holland: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1991.
Brand, Michael and Glenn Lowry. Akbar's India: Art from the Mughal City of Victory. New York: Charles A., 1986.
Brown, Percy. Indian Architecture, Buddhist and Hindu Periods. Bombay: D.B. Taraporevala, 1975.
Brown, Percy. Indian Architecture, Islamic Period. Bombay: Taraporevala, 1975.
Bundle. Tanjore Palace Records. Tanjore: Saraswati Mahal Library, 1846.
Byrski, M.C. Concept of Ancient Indian Theatre. Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal, 1974.

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Cameron, Nigel.
The Buddha in Life and Art. Hong Kong: FormAsia, 2004.
Cawthorne, Nigel. The Art of India. San Diego, 1997.
Chandra, Moti. The World of Courtesans. Delhi, 1973.
Chandra, Pramod. Studies in Indian Temple Architecture. Calcutta: Calcutta University, 1975.
Chari, V.K. The Rasa Theory: Theology or Aesthetics:The Sacred and the Secular in India's Performing Arts. Ed. V. Subramaniam. Delhi: Ashish. 47-61.
Chatterjee, Ashok. Dances of the Golden Hall. New Delhi: Indian Council for Cultural Relations, 1979.
Chatterjee, Santosh. Devadasi. Calcutta, 1945.
Chattopadhyay, Aparna. The Institution of Devadasi According to the Kathasaritsagara, Journal of the Oriental Institute of Baroda. XVI, No. 3: 216-22.
Coomeraswamy, Ananda. The Dance of Shiva, Fourteen Indian Essays. New Delhi: Munishiram Monharlal Publishers, 1970.
Coomeraswamy, Ananda and Gopalkristnayya Duggirala. Mirror of Gestures [Abhinayadarpana]. 2nd ed. Munshiram Manoharlal: New Delhi, 1970.

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Das, K.R.
Temples of Tamil Nad. Bombay: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, 1964.
Das Gupta, H.C. History of the Indian Stage. Vols. I and II. Calcutta, 1946.
Dehejia, Vidya. Devi: The Great Goddess. Washington: Prestel, 1999.
Desai, Devangana. Surasundaris: Celestial Beauties in Temple Art. Saundarya: The Perception and Practice of Beauty in India. Ed. Harsha V. Dehejia and Makarand Paranjape. New Delhi: Samvad India Foundation, 2003. 44-53.
Desai, Devangana. The Religious Imagery of Khajuraho. Mumbai: Franco-Indian Research, 1997.
Desai, Devangana. Temple as an Ordered Whole: The Iconic Scheme at Khajuraho. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bombay 70 (1995).
Desai, Vishakha and Darielle Mason. Gods, Guardians, and Lovers: Temple Sculptures From North India A.D. 700-1200. New York, 1993.
Devi, Rukmini. The Spiritual Background of Bharata Natyam. Marg. Bombay, 1963. 5-6.
Devi, Rukmini. Bharata Natyam Sastra in Practice. Bharata Natyam Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. Ed. Leela Ramanathan. New Delhi: Sujata Dinesh. 17-28.
De Zoete, Beryl. The Other Mind, A Study of Dance in South India. London: Camelot Press, 1953.
Dhaky, M.A. and Michael Meister. Encyclopaedia of Indian Temple Architecture, Vol. 2, Part IV, Calcutta: Calcutta University, 1983.
Dhananjayan, V.P. A Dancer on Dance. Madras: Bharata Khalanji, 1984.
Dhruva, H.H. Bharata Natya Sastra; or, the Indian Dramatics by Bharata Muni, The Imperial and Asiatic Quarterly Review and Oriental and Colonial Record, Third series, Vol. 2, 1896.
Dikshitar, Raja Somasekhara. The History of Chidambaram, Sri Nataraja's Temple. Tanjore: Panditha Raja, 1969.

F
Fritz, John, George Michell and Clare Arni.
New Light on Hampi: Recent Research at Vijayanagar. Mumbai: Marg Publications, 2001.

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Gaston, Anne-Marie.
Bharata Natyam, From Temple to Theatre. New Delhi: Manohar Publishers, 1996.
Gaston, Anne-Marie. Dance and the Hindu Woman, Bharatanatyam Re-Reitualized: Roles and Rituals for Hindu Woman. Ed. Julia Leslie. London: Pinter, 1991.
Gaston, Anne-Marie. Development of the Repertoire in Bharata Natyam. Journal of the Madras Music Academy. Madras, 1991. 95-134.
Gaston, Anne-Marie. The Effect of Changing Patronage on Indian Performing Arts. Proceedings of the 10th International Congress of Sociology, Mexico City. Sophia, Bulgaria: Institute of Culture, 1982. 297-308.
Gaston, Anne-Marie. The Place of Indian Classical Dance in Traditional Indian Culture. The Sacred and the Secular in Indian Performing Arts. Ed. V Subramaniam. New Delhi: Ashish, 1980. 62-85.
Gaston, Anne-Marie. Secularization and De-Secularization of Indian Classical Dance. South Asian Horizons: Enriched by South Asia. Ed. E. Tepper and J. Wood. Carleton University Press, 1994. 15-34.
Gaston, Anne-Marie. Siva in Dance, Myth and Iconography. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1985.
Ghosh, Manmohan, ed. Abhinaya Darpanam. Calcutta, 1934.
Giri, Kamal. Apsaras in the Art of Khajuraho. Khajuraho in Perspective. Ed. K.K. Chakravarty, M.N.P. Tiwari, Kamal Giri. Bhopal, 1994.
Gnoli, R. The Aesthetic Experience according to Abhinavagupta, Serie Orientale Roma XI. Roma: ISEMO, 1956.
Gupta, C.B. The Indian Theatre. Banaras: Motilal Banarsidass, 1954.

H
Hanna, Judith Lynne.
The Performer Audience Connection, Emotion to Metaphor in Dance and Society. Austin: University of Texas, 1983.
Harle, J.C. Temple Gateways in South India. Delhi: Oxford Unviersity Press, 1963.

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Iyengar, Srinivasa C.R.
Indian Dance (Natya and Nritya). Madras: Blaze, 1948.

J
Joshi, O.P.
Sociology of Indian Art. Jaipur: Rawat, 1985.

K
Kersenboom, Saskia.
Nityasumangali, Devadasi Tradition in South India. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1987.
Khanna, Sucharita. Dancing Divinities in Indian Art: 8th-12th Century A.D. New Delhi: Sharada Publishing House, 1999.
Khokar, Mohan. The 108 Karanas at Chidambaram. Marg. Bombay, 1963. 13-15.
Khokar, Mohan. Adavus, the Basic Dance Units of Bharata Natyam. Marg. Bombay, 1963. 16-26.
Kinsley, David. Hindu Goddesses. New Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1976.
Kothari, Sunil. Bharata Natyam, Indian Classical Dance Art. Bombay: Marg Publications, 1979.
Kothari, Sunil. Saundarya and Sancharibhavas in Dance. Saundarya, The Perception and Practice of Beauty in India. Ed. Harsha V. Dehejia and Makarand Paranjape. New Delhi: Samvad India Foundation, 2003. 161-166.
Kramrisch, Stella. The Hindu Temple. 1946. New Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1976.

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Lidova, Natalia.
Drama and Ritual of Early Hinduism. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1994.
Lippe, Aschwin. The Art of India/Stone Sculpture. New York: Asia Society, 1962.
Lipsey, Roger. Coomaraswamy, Traditional Art and Symbolism. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1977.

M
Mahalingam, T.V. Administration and Social Life under Vijayanagar. Madras, 1975.
Marglin, Frederique. Wives of the God King. New Delhi: Oxford, 1985.
Mason, J.L. and M.V. Patwardhan. Santarasa and Abhinavagupta's Philosophy of Aesthetics. Poona: BORI, 1969.
Mason, J.L. and M.V. Patwardhan. Aesthetic Rapture: The Rasadhyaya of the Natyasastra, 2 vols. Poona: Deccan College, 1970.
Meister, Michael ed. Discourses on Siva. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1984.
Michell, George. Elephanta. Mumbai: India Book House Limited, 2002.

N
Nagaswamy, R.
Gangaikondacholapuram. State Department of Archaeology, Government of Tamil Nadu, 1970.
Nagaswamy, R. Rajaraja Chola and the Dance. Sruti. 13:7. 1984.
Nagaswamy, R. The South Indian Templeas an Employer. The Indian Economic and Social History Review. Vol II, No 4: 367-372. 1965.
Nandikesvara. Abhinayadarpana. Ed. Manmohan Ghosh. Calcutta: Sanskrit series, 1934.
Nannithamby, Lokanayaky. The Fine Arts and Recreation during the Cola Period. Journal of Tamil Studies. Vol. 1, No. I: 59-71. 1969.
Narayan, Kalanidhi. Sthayi Bhava: Its significance in Abhinaya Choreography and Scope for Variations. Shanmukha. XV, No.2: 21-2. Bombay, 1989.

P
Parthasarathy, T.S.
Kshetregna, and Other Pada Composers. Sangeet Natak. 69: 5-8. 1983.
Parthasarathy, T.S. Padams and Short Lyrics in Dance. Sangeet Natak. 75: 39-45. 1985.
Parvati Kumar, Acharya. Contributions of the Maratha Rulers: Their Influence on the Contemporary Bharata Natyam Scene. Shanmukha. XV, 2: 25-9. 1989.
Pillai, Somasundaram. The Great Temple at Tanjore. Tanjore: Tanjore Palace Devastanams, 1958.
Pran, Neville. The Nautch Girls and the Sahib. The India Magazine. 10, New Delhi, January 1990. 42-53.
Prasad, Rajendra. Chalukyan Temples of Andhradesa. New Delhi: Abhinav Publications, 1983.
Putney, Carolyn. Princely Pursuits: Indian Miniature Painting. Toledo: Toledo Museum, 2003.

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Raghavan, V.
The Number of Rasas. Madras: Adyar Library, 1940.
Rakesagupta. Studies in Nayaka, Nayika Bheda. Aligarh: Granthayan, 1967.
Ramanathan, Leela. Bharata Natyam Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. Delhi: Sujata Dinesh, 1985.
Ramnarayan, Gauri. The Vazhuvur Dance Tradition: Two Perspectives. Sruti. 14: 4-45. 1984-85.
Rangacharya, Adya. Introduction to Bharata's Natyasastra. New Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal, 1998.
Rele, Kanak. Indian Classical Dance and the Challenge of its Preservation. Sangeet Natak. 89-90: 63-70. 1988.

S
Sadasivan, K.
Art of Painting and Devadasis in Tamilnadu. History, Archaeology, Art and Religion. Ed. G. Kuppuram and K. Kumudramanai. Delhi: Sundeep Prakashan, 1990. 113-21.
Sarabhai, Mrinalini. Understanding Bharata Natyam. Baroda: Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, 1965.
Sarada, S. Kalakshetra: Rukmini Devi. Madras: Kala Mandir Trust, 1985.
Sastri, Nilakanta. A History of South India. London: Oxford University Press, 1966.
Sathyanarayana, R. Bharata Natya: A Critical Study. Mysore: Sri Varalakshmi Academies of Fine Arts, 1969.
Shah, Priyabala, ed. Vishnudharmottara-Purana. Vol.1. 1958. Baroda: Oriental Institute, 1961.
Sharma, Krishna. Bhakti and Bhakti Movement. Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal, 1987.
Shortt, D. John. The Bayadere or Dancing Girls of Southern India. Memoirs. 1867 8-9, Vol. III: 182-94.
Siegel, Lee. Sacred and Profane Dimensions of Love in Indian Traditions as Exemplified in The Gitagovinda of Jayadeva. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1978.
Sircar, D.C. Devadasis in Buddhist Temples. Epigraphia Indica. XXXV, No.12: 97-99. 1963.
Sivanandam, K.P. The Dance Compositions of the Tanjore Quartet. Madras: Ganesh, 1961.
Sreenivasan, K. Devadasi. Madras, 1976.
Srinivasan, Amrit. Reform and Revival: The Devadasi and Her Dance. Economic and Political Weekly. 1985, Nov. 2, No. 44: 1869-76.
Srinivasan, Doris Meth. Many Heads, Arms and Eyes: Origin, Meaning and Form of Multiplicity in Indian Art. Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers, 1997.
Subrahmanyam, Padma. Bharata's Art, Then & Now. Bombay: Bhulabhai Memorial Institute, 1979.
Subrahmanyam, Padma. Natya Sastra and National Unity. Kerala: Sri Ramavarma Government Sanskrit College Tripunithura, 1997.
Subramaniam, V. The Varnam in Bharata Natyam, a Socio-historical Analysis of its Origins and Development. Sangeet Natak. 1985 – 75: 23-38.

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Tadgell, Christopher. The History of Architecture in India: From the Dawn of Civilization to the End of the Raj. New York: Phaidon, 2002.

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Vasudevan, Geeta.
The Royal Temple of Rajaraja, An Instrument of Imperial Power. New Delhi: Abhinav Publications, 2003.
Vatsyayan, Kapila. Bharata, The Natyasastra. New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi, 1996.
Vatsyayan, Kapila. Classical Indian Dance in Literature and the Arts. New Delhi: Sangeet Natak Akademi, 1977.
Vatsyayan, Kapila. Dance in Indian Painting. Delhi: Abhinava Prakashan, 1982.
Vatsyayan, Kapila. The Dance Sculptures of the Lora-Djonggrang (Prambanam). NCPA Journal, Vol VI, No. I. Bombay, March 1977.
Vatsyayan, Kapila. Indian Art: The One and the Many. Nehru Memorial Lecture. London, 1993.
Vatsyayan, Kapila. The Karanas of the Temple of Sarngapani. Madras: Society for Archaeological Historical and Epigraphical Research, 1982.
Vatsyayan, Kapila. Marga and Desa and Natya and Lokadharmi. Ludwik Sternback Memorial Lecture, Vol. 1. Lucknow: Akhil Bharatiya Sanskrit Parishad, 1979.
Vatsyayan, Kapila. The Square and the Circle of Indian Temple Arts. New Delhi: Roli Books Int'l, 1983.
Vatsyayan, Kapila. Traditional Indian Theatre: Multiple Streams. New Delhi: National Book Trust, 1981.

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Waghorne, Joanne Punzo and Normal Cutler.
Gods of Flesh, Gods of Stone, The Embodiment of Divinity in India. Chambersburg, Penn: Anima, 1985.

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Zvelebil, Kamil.
Ananda-tandava of Siva Sadanrittamurti. Madras: Institute of Indian Studies, 1985.

 

 
   
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