A Comparative Study of Some of the Leading Music Systems of the 15th, 16th, 17th & 18th Centuries c3.19

c3.19

Observation.—It will be observed that although the distance of the shuddha shadja above the nishada is four srutis, the rise of nishada is only through three srutis. Shadja and panchama do not under any circumstances, take the names of their respective preceeding notes. It will be remembered that gandhara could rise up to the fourth sruti of maddhayama, and become ati-tivratama 'ga'. There are four srutis between 'ma' and 'pa', but ma could rise only upto the third sruti of 'pa' and become tivra 'ma' tivratara 'ma' and tivratama 'ma'. There is no ati-tivratama 'ma'.