[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [A Comparative Study of Some of the Leading Music Systems of the 15th, 16th, 17th & 18th Centuries](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative) › c5.11 # A Comparative Study of Some of the Leading Music Systems of the 15th, 16th, 17th & 18th Centuries c5.11 A Comparative Study of Some of the Leading Music Systems of the 15th, 16th, 17th & 18th Centuries c5.11 - **Language:** English ### [c5.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c5.11) Translation. There is no essential difference between the Sruti and the Swara. Both are sounds capable of being heard. According to the Shastras, the distinction between them is something like that which exists between the snake and its coil, or between gold and the ornaments made out of it. All Srutis are capable of being used as swaras in the various Ragas. Sounds actually used in the Raga become swaras for that Raga. Those not so used remain srutis only. - [Previous: c5.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c5.10) - [Next: c5.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c5.12) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c5.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c5.11) · Pramāṇa