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Translations of the Nāṭyaśāstra at Other Institutions

Abhinavagupta, Rājānaka. Abhinavabhāratī : Abhinavagupta’s Commentary on Bharata’s Nātyaśāstra Chapter XXVIII : English Translation with Historical Critical Explanations. Allahabad : Allahabad :, 1997.
A Board of Scholars, trans. The Nāṭya Śāstra of Bharatamuni. Rāga Nr̥tya Series 2. New Delhi: Sri Satguru, 1986.
Bharata. Ch. 28-36 : Completely Translated for the First Time from the Original Sanskrit with an Introduction and Various Notes. Calcutta : Calcutta :, 1961.
———. Nāṭyaśāstra : Text with Introduction, English Translation and Indices in Four Volumes. Delhi : Delhi :, 1998.
Bharata. Nāṭyaśāstra : Text with Introduction, English Translation and Indices in Four Volumes 1. Delhi: Delhi, 1998.
Bharata Muni. Nāṭyaśāstra : A Treatise on Ancient Indian Dramaturgy and Histrionics, Ascribed to Bharata-Muni. Varanasi : Varanasi :, 2002.
———. Nātyasāstra of Bharata. Chapter Six. Rasādhyāyah on the Sentiments, with the Abhinavabhārati, a Commentary by Abbinavagupta. Edited with an English Translation of Rasâdhyâya, by Subodhchandra Mukerjee, Sâstri. Paris,: Paris, 1926.
Bharata Muni. Nāṭyaśāstraṃ, 2014.
Bharata Muni. Nāṭyaśāstram = Nāṭyaśāstra of Bharatamuni. Delhi : Delhi :, 2010.
Bharata Muni. Nāṭyaśāstram : A Treatise on Ancient Indian Dramaturgy and Histrionics, 2016.
Bharata Muni. Nāṭyaśāstram : Āṅgalabhāṣānuvādena Praḍhabhūmikayā ca Samalaṅkr̥tam. Dillī : Dillī :, 1998.
———. Tandava Laksanam ; Or, The Fundamentals of Ancient Hindu Dancing, Being a Translation into English of the Fourth Chapter of the 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 Cidamberam, and Containing Special Appendices of Aesthetic and Arc. [Place of publication not identified] : [Place of publication not identified] :, [date of publication not identified].
Bharata-Muni. The Natyasastra : A Treatise on Hindu Dramaturgy and Historionics. Vol.2 (Chaps.28-36)., 1961.
Bhāratamuni. The Natyasastra : English Translation with Critical Notes. New Delhi : New Delhi :, 2003.
Das, Minati. “A Study in Hand Gestures; the Ninth Chapter of Bharata’s Nātyaśāstra Translated and Explained.” Marburg/Lahn, 1961.
Ghosh, Manomohan. The Natyasastra : A Treatise on Hindu Dramaturgy and Histrionics Ascribed to Bharata-Muni. Calcutta : Calcutta :, 1961.
Kumar, Pushpendra, ed. Nāṭyaśāstra of Bharatamuni: Text, Commentary of Abhinava Bharatī by Abhinavaguptācārya and English Translation, Introduction and Index. 3 vols. New Delhi: New Bharatiya Book Corporation, 2006.
Raṅgāchārya, Ādya, trans. The Nāṭyaśāstra of Bharata Muni: English Translation with Critical Notes. New Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal, 1996.
Srinivasan, Amrit, Bharata Muni, and Sangeet Natak Akademi, eds. Knowledge Tradition Text: Approaches to Bharata’s Natyasastra. New Delhi : Gurgaon: Sangeet Natak Akademy ; Hope India Publications, 2007.
The Nāṭyaśāstra/ 1, (Chapters I - XXVII). Calcutta : Calcutta :, 1995.
The Nāṭyaśāstra/ 2, (Chapters XXVIII - XXXVI). Calcutta : Calcutta :, 1995.
Unni, N. P. Natyasastra : Text with Introduction, English Translation and Indices in Four Volumes. Delhi : Delhi :, 1998.

 

 *The bibliography above was compiled by conducting a Worldcat search for "Nāṭyaśāstra AND translation," and then clicking the box for English on the left of the screen. Some results were excluded because they were not relevant. This search was combined with the texts detailed in Lidova's OUP bibliography.