A Comparative Study of Some of the Leading Music Systems of the 15th, 16th, 17th & 18th Centuries c3.s1: (2) Tody
A Comparative Study of Some of the Leading Music Systems of the 15th, 16th, 17th & 18th Centuries c3.s1
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(2) Tody
c3.s1.1
शुद्धाः सप्तस्वराः कार्यो रिधौ तेषु च कोमलौ।
तोडी सुरागिणा ज्ञेया ततो गायकनायकैः॥
c3.s1.2
Translation — Take the seven shuddha swaras again. Make 'ri' and dha komal and the resulting Thata will be Todi. It should be sung as such by the singer
c3.s1.3
Observation — The Todi Thata of all ancient Sanskrit writers corresponds with our modern Bhairavi Thata of the Hindusthani system. Any of our southern friends will confirm this statement. The Todi Thata of the southern system is even now the same as our modern Bhairavi Thata. This verse proves that the shuddha scale of Lochana was our modern kafi Thata, because the Kafi Thata could easily be converted into the Todi Thata, our modern Bhairavi by making 'ri' and 'dha', komal
Linked texts (1)
- Rāgataraṅgiṇī — Locana Paṇḍita 1706, Sanskrit