A Comparative Study of Some of the Leading Music Systems of the 15th, 16th, 17th & 18th Centuries c3.4

c3.4

We shall now go into the subject matter of the Tarangini. Lochana, after giving the divisions of Gita as Nibaddha and Anibaddha at once takes up the question of the Srutis. In common with all his predecessors, he recognises twenty two srutis, to the scale, with their well-known names Tivra, Kumudvati, etc. The distribution of srutis among the seven shuddha swaras, as चतुश्चतुश्चतुश्चैव षड्जमध्यमपञ्चमाः। ६० is also accepted by him. The swara becomes manifest on its last sruti. The accompanying chart will show at a glance how he places his swaras on his twenty two srutis.