A Comparative Study of Some of the Leading Music Systems of the 15th, 16th, 17th & 18th Centuries c11.64

c11.64

Translation — Thus I have described the twenty Thatas of the Vocal musicians. Now I shall state the two opinions of the Vainikas. Those who belong to the first पक्ष (party) say that the notes अंतर & काकली should be recognized as independent Swaras & the number of Thatas should accordingly be accepted as twenty. Those who belong to the second पक्ष say that the notes च्युत मध्यम गांधार & च्युत षड्जनिषाद should be recognized as good representatives or substitutes for the notes अंतर & काकली, and the number of Thatas should be fifteen only. According to these last the list of Thatas given in the book should stop at केदारगौळ, which is the fifteenth Thata. They go further & argue that even Sharangadeva, the author of the Sangeet Ratnakara, meant the same thing when he said that the notes अंतर & काकली should always be used sparingly.