Nandikeswara was the third century Indian author of the dance text Abhinaya Darpana.
In Hindu mythology, Nandikeswara is another name for Nandi, the bull-mount of Siva.
The term Hindu mythology refers collectively to a large body of Indian literature (essentially, the mythology of Hinduism) that detail the lives and times of legendary personalities, deities and divine incarnations on earth interspersed with often large sections of philosophical and ethical discourse. ... An idol of Nandi in a Chennai temple Nandi is the white bull which Shiva rides, and the leader of the Ganas. ... This article is about the Hindu God. ...
Satyajatam, Vaamanam, Tatpurusham, Eesanam and Aghoram which are the five faces of Lord Siva, from which the musical notes emanated and passed on to Posterity.
Siva taught Parvati, the prime Sishya and it was successively passed on to Tumburu, Narada, Nandikeswara and Saraswati.
Damaru of Siva, Flute of Krishna, Conch of Vishnu, Drum of Nandi, Veena of Saraswati and Narada, Thambur of Thumburu.
The Natya Sastra is the most important and authoritative treatise on Sanskrit dramaturgy dealing exhaustively on poetics, metre, music and drama as they affect the composition and representation of the drama.
Nandikeswara’s Abhinaya Darpana on the other hand, deals exhaustively on the art of Bharata Natyam only.
Veeraraghavan (trans.), Abhinaya Darpana of Nandikeswara, V. Swaminatha Iyer Library, Adyar, Madras, 1957.
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