[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) › c15.23.2 # A Comparative Study of Some of the Leading Music Systems of the 15th, 16th, 17th & 18th Centuries c15.23.2 A Comparative Study of Some of the Leading Music Systems of the 15th, 16th, 17th & 18th Centuries c15.23.2 - **Language:** English ### [c15.23.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c15.23.2) The process of describing swaras in terms of srutis, vikrita swaras with reference to the shuddha swaras, thatas or genus modes in terms of the swaras and ragas in terms of the thatas etc which has been used in the ancient works can be adopted for our present system But the indefinite method of describing the shuddha swaras used in the texts will have to be improved on by describing the swaras in terms of the length of the speaking wire, of vibrational values, when there is a consensus of opinion as to these When the swaras have been standardised, (are determined,) we can also fix on the number of parent modes under which the existing ragas can be classified and grouped This is to be done by deciding mathematically the number of possible permutations and combinations as has been done by Vyankata Makhi, in his Chaturdandi Prakasika, and then taking from them such as will best fit the present derivative modes When the number of the parent modes has been determined by consensus of opinion, we have to proceed to the classification of the existing ragas under the parent modes, and in this we will be following our ancient treatises Only, we shall fix the classification having regard to the similarity of swaras, vadi note, peculiarity of development and other features between the parent mode and the derivative raga and not arbitrarily, or blindly following the ancient works. - [Previous: c15.23.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c15.23.1) - [Next: c15.23.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c15.23.3) - [Up: c15.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c15.23) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c15.23.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c15.23.2) · Pramāṇa