The Music and Musical Instruments of Southern India and the Deccan c12.115

c12.115

The Sangîta Pârijâta appears to be a very much later work than any previously described. The author of this work was Ahobala Pandit, and he seems to have been a native of Central India. The belief among pandits in India at the present day is that he lived not more than 250 years ago. The system described in the Pârijâta is a description of that practised at the period. The contents are as follows—