A Comparative Study of Some of the Leading Music Systems of the 15th, 16th, 17th & 18th Centuries c6.s5.3

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It will be seen that all these raga names are to be found in the modern Hindustani system. Nay, many of the ragas, will be found to have preserved as nearly as possible their old forms. The new time theory of the Hindustani musicians naturally brought in some characteristic changes and made the arrangement of the ragas still more attractive. In describing the thata of each raga in the Raga Mala Pundarika accomplishes two wonderful things. He first gives the swaras of the ragas and then gives the devatatmakā appearance or picture of the raga as also the time for its singing. For instance,