A Comparative Study of Some of the Leading Music Systems of the 15th, 16th, 17th & 18th Centuries c5.57

c5.57

These slokas mention various ways of producing Ragas in a Mela of given Swaras. The practical importance of the murchhana in the actual singing of a Raga will be more clearly understood if we examine one or two raga definitions of Srinivas. But before we do it, it will be useful to know how a raga was sung in the time of the author. The author says —