[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) › c5.45 # A Comparative Study of Some of the Leading Music Systems of the 15th, 16th, 17th & 18th Centuries c5.45 A Comparative Study of Some of the Leading Music Systems of the 15th, 16th, 17th & 18th Centuries c5.45 - **Language:** English ### [c5.45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c5.45) A Raga is derived from the 'Mela' but has 'aroha' and 'avaroha'. Melas become Ragas themselves, as soon as you give them 'aroha' and 'avaroha'. By applying the principle of 'odavashadava-sampurna' to these arohas and Avarohas we can obtain 484 ragas from each Sampurna Mela. This is in fact the principle on which the Raga system of the Karnatic music is based. - [Previous: c5.44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c5.44) - [Next: c5.46](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c5.46) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c5.45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c5.45) · Pramāṇa