A Comparative Study of Some of the Leading Music Systems of the 15th, 16th, 17th & 18th Centuries c2.65

c2.65

To begin with, says the author: "मध्यमग्रामे श्रुत्यपकृष्टः पंचमः कार्यः । पंचम श्रुत्युत्कर्षपकर्षायदन्तरं मार्दवादायतत्वाद्वा । तत्प्रमाणश्रुतिः In fact, in this small sentence he lays down the definition or rather the measurement of his Shruti. He takes it for granted that his learned readers are practical musicians, who know the difference between the Panchama of his Shadja Grama and that of the Madhyama Grama. With that assumption, he further explains his method of fixing the Shrutis of his scale. The Sanskrit passage may be translated thus: "In the Madhyama-Grama, the 'Panchama' is lowered one shruti. This lowering of the Panchama to obtain the Madhyama Grama 'Panchama' or the raising of the Madhyama Grama 'panchama' by one shruti to obtain the Shadja Grama 'panchama' is the measure of a shruti."