A Comparative Study of Some of the Leading Music Systems of the 15th, 16th, 17th & 18th Centuries c3.s5: (9) Dhanasri
A Comparative Study of Some of the Leading Music Systems of the 15th, 16th, 17th & 18th Centuries c3.s5
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(9) Dhanasri
c3.s5.1
ऋषभः कोमलो गस्तु द्विश्रुती मध्यमस्यचेत् ।
गृह्णाति द्वे श्रुती मश्च पंचमस्य विशेषतः ॥
धैवतः कोमलो निश्च षड्जस्य द्वे श्रुती यदा ।
गृह्णाति रागिणी रम्या धनाश्रीर्जायते तदा ॥
c3.s5.2
Translation — When rishabha becomes komal and gandhara takes two srutis of madhyama, when madhyama takes two srutis of panchama when dhaivata becomes komal and the nishada takes two srutis of the shadja, the beautiful scale known as Dhanashri is the result
c3.s5.3
Observation — This scale is the same as that of our Puriya Dhanashri It is well-known that in this Hindusthani scale, the 'ri' and 'dha' are komal, and 'ga' 'ma' and 'ni' are tivra