The Nartananirnaya is a primary, authoritative source for the theory and practice of these arts of its times and reflects the major changes which ushered in the modern era for them. It has both range and depth and is illuminated with flashes or originality in every chapter. It is written in a simple, limpid literary style but with vivid imaginativeness in its reificatory descriptions. It is Volume 17 of Kalamulasastra series.