[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [A Comparative Study of Some of the Leading Music Systems of the 15th, 16th, 17th & 18th Centuries](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative) › c13.25 # A Comparative Study of Some of the Leading Music Systems of the 15th, 16th, 17th & 18th Centuries c13.25 A Comparative Study of Some of the Leading Music Systems of the 15th, 16th, 17th & 18th Centuries c13.25 - **Language:** English ### [c13.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c13.25) आदिमः सर्वमेलानां मुखारीमेल उच्यते । मेलः सामवराळ्याख्यरागस्यातः परं मतः ॥ ततो भूपालमेलोडथ हेज्जीमेल ईरितः । बसतभैरवीमेलौ गौळमेलस्ततः परम् ॥ मैरवीमेल आहीर्या मेलः श्रीरागमेलकः । कांभोजी मेलकोडथ स्यात् शंकराभरणस्य च ॥ सामतमेलो देशाक्षीमेळो नाटरयमेलकः । मेलः शुद्धवराळ्याख्यरागस्यातः परं मतः ॥ मेलः पंतुवराळ्याख्य शुद्धरामक्रियायुतः । मेलः सिहंवारस्यात्मरागमेळरागमेलकः ॥ कल्याणरागमेलभेलाह्येकोनविंशतिः ॥ - [Previous: c13.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c13.24) - [Next: c13.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c13.26) - [Up: c13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c13) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c13.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c13.25) · Pramāṇa