[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [The Music and Musical Instruments of Southern India and the Deccan](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891) › c10.37 # The Music and Musical Instruments of Southern India and the Deccan c10.37 The Music and Musical Instruments of Southern India and the Deccan c10.37 - **Language:** English ### [c10.37](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c10.37) Sometimes Sanskrit slokes, called “Astapathi,” are sung by one voice, the instruments playing a kind of soft, dreamy accompaniment without any well defined time, either with or alternately with the voice. - [Previous: c10.36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c10.36) - [Next: c10.38](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c10.38) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c10.37](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c10.37) · Pramāṇa