A Comparative Study of Some of the Leading Music Systems of the 15th, 16th, 17th & 18th Centuries c6.s4.44

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Translation.—The note which begins a song is called "graha"; the one that ends it is called "nyasa", and the note which is most frequently used in the gita is called "ansha", which is synonimous with the 'vadi' or 'sthayi'. षड्जः सर्वरागे च ग्रहः। Sa is the 'graha' of every raga. The terms 'graha', ansha, and 'nyasa' had apparently lost their ancient significance in the modern "deshi" sangeeta. Pundarika says in the Chandrodaya:—

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