A Comparative Study of Some of the Leading Music Systems of the 15th, 16th, 17th & 18th Centuries c12.32

c12.32

These are independent names. These notes take no other संज्ञा or names in practice. Then again चतु श्रुति म is the shuddha 'ma' itself and पंचश्रुति म is never heard of in practice. षट्श्रुति म is no doubt allowed but it will be called tivratara ma and not tivratama 'ma', which name would have been more proper. The reader may compare this reasoning with that of Lochana and Ahobala with advantage. The author defends these new संज्ञा by citing a text from Ratnakara:— अत्र च पूर्वोक्त निगमानो समपतुतीयश्रुतिरतत्व रिधमानां चतुःश्रुतिस्त्वं पुरातनानुक्तात् शास्त्रत विसदृम्. According to Sharangdeva himself,— यदालक्ष्यप्रमाणानि शास्त्रान्येतानि । अर्थात् शास्त्रामय्यप्यत्रमपि लक्षणस्थापन प्रोक्तम्. Somnath means to say that although the ancient authorities did not allow 'ni' 'ga' and 'ma' to rise upto the third srutis of their respective succeeding notes, the actual fact was that these vikritas were found in practice. That being so, their use must be justified by the उपलक्षणन्याय process. That is by saying that the old "mrdu" places had only taken new names.