A Comparative Study of Some of the Leading Music Systems of the 15th, 16th, 17th & 18th Centuries c13.19

c13.19

Translation.—Then again the two notes shuddha 'ga' and shuddha 'ni' have some other characters assigned to them according to their distance or position in relation to the preceding notes. Thus take the case of the sadharana gandhara. This is the normal three sruti gandhara above shuddha rishabha. It is used in the Bhupala raga. If this sadharana gandhara is taken in connection with or used after a पंचश्रुति रि (the preceding note) then it is only an एकश्रुति ग as in the Shri Raga. But if this sadharana 'ga' is described in terms of rishabha, then the three srutis of 'ri' will be added to the three srutis of 'ga', and the resulting note will be called the षट्श्रुति ऋषभ.