A Comparative Study of Some of the Leading Music Systems of the 15th, 16th, 17th & 18th Centuries c6.21

c6.21

Translation — There are first of all the seven shudha swaras I shall explain next the seven vikrita swaras When shadja stands on its penultimate or the third sruti, it is called 'laghu-shadja' Similarly 'ma' and 'pa' standing on their penultimate srutis would be called 'laghu-ma' and 'laghu-pa' When 'ga' stands on the first sruti of 'ma', it is called 'sadharana-ga' and when it stands on the second sruti of 'ma', it is called 'antar-ga': when nishada stands on the first sruti of 'sa' it is "kaishiki-ni", and when it stands on the second sruti of 'sa', it is called "kakali-ni". When the swaras stand on their proper places or srutis, they are supposed to be shudha swaras only