[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › A Comparative Study of Some of the Leading Music Systems of the 15th, 16th, 17th & 18th Centuries # A Comparative Study of Some of the Leading Music Systems of the 15th, 16th, 17th & 18th Centuries Critical analysis of Rāgataraṅgiṇī, Hṛdayakautuka, Saṅgītapārijāta, Rāgavibodha, Sadrāgacandrodaya, Rāgamañjarī, Anūpa works, Svaramelakalānidhi, Caturdaṇḍīprakāśikā etc. - **Language:** English - **Author:** [V. N. Bhatkhande](https://indike.org/pramana/person/bhatkhande-vn) - **Extent:** 798 passages, 36,152 words - **Text:** complete digital text - **Source:** archive.org · Posthumous edition (DLI scan; foreword speaks of 'the late Prof. Bhatkhande'); scan on archive.org, OCR… · Public domain in India: every author died before 1966 (V. N. Bhatkhande †1936) ## Contents - [c1 Front matter](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c1) — 12 parts - [c2 Foreword](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c2) — 93 parts - [c3 Raga Tarangini](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c3) — 37 parts - [c4 Hrdaya Koutuka and Hrdaya Prakasha](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c4) — 14 parts - [c5 The Sangeeta Parijata](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c5) — 93 parts - [c6 Sadraga — Chandrodaya](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c6) — 32 parts - [c7 Raga Manjari](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c7) — 22 parts - [c8 Rasa-Kaumudi](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c8) — 5 parts - [c9 Anupa Sangita Ratnakara](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c9) — 10 parts - [c10 Anupa-Ankusha](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c10) — 17 parts - [c11 Swara-Mela-Kalanidhi](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c11) — 65 parts - [c12 Raga-Vibodha](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c12) — 67 parts - [c13 Chatur Dandi Prakasika](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c13) — 35 parts - [c14 Sangeeta Saramrita](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c14) — 31 parts - [c15 Raga Lakshanam](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c15) — 39 parts --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative) · Pramāṇa