印度著名的梵语舞蹈学著作——表演镜

Abhinayadarpaa by Nandikesvara Nandikesvara

喜主即Nandikesvara,也译作"欢喜主"或"喜自在",他所著的《表演镜》(Abhinayadarpaa)又译作《表演镜诠》或《姿态镜诠》,是古代印度著名的梵语舞蹈学著作,成型于公元13世纪左右。就国内学界而言,任鸣皋、吴晓玲等学者早在30多年前便对该书进行过介绍和研究。与胜财《十色》(Dasarupa)改写和简化婆罗多《舞论》(Natyasastra)的戏剧论一样,《表演镜》是对《舞论》等的舞蹈论的改写、简化和发展,对后来的梵语舞蹈学著作乃至现代印度舞蹈表演均发挥了重要影响。《表演镜》主要论及各种戏剧表演姿势,具有重要的艺术理论和历史文献价值。因此,笔者依据印度学者M.高士(Manomohan Ghosh)校勘并英译的《表演镜》底本勉力译出其全文以飨读者,并期待学界专家批评指正。每段译文末尾括号里的数字代表其在原著中的序号。

Abhinayadarpaa written in Sanskrit by Nandikesvara is an important treatise on dance in ancient India.Dealing with the various dance performances by different parts of body,it plays very important roles for its successors in ancient India and a number of modern arts learn a lot from this ancient canon of dance.