A Comparative Study of Some of the Leading Music Systems of the 15th, 16th, 17th & 18th Centuries c9.10

c9.10

Then these thatas with their proper swaras and their janya ragas are faithfully copied from the Manjari. Be it stated here that Bhava Bhatta does not conceal the fact that he has copied these all from the Manjari. He then gives the definitions of some of our popular ragas, and while giving them, he cites as authorities the opinion of other granthas. All the three works of Bhava Bhatta are printed and published now, and so we shall not go into the details of his ragas. We have fully discussed almost all his authorities and so the swara and other details of these ragas will be easily followed by the reader. Bhava Bhatta has added hundreds of old dhrupadas under the different ragas. But as they are not set to any notation, I have not thought it fit to include any of them here. Many of these no doubt can be fitted to music by some of our eminent artists.