[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) › c6.22 # The Music and Musical Instruments of Southern India and the Deccan c6.22 The Music and Musical Instruments of Southern India and the Deccan c6.22 - **Language:** English ### [c6.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c6.22) The exact definition of what constituted a s'ruti is difficult to determine, but it is thus vaguely given by the Sangíta Ratnâvali:—"A s'ruti is formed by the smallest intervals of sound, and is perceivable by the ear; it is of twenty-two kinds" (i.e., as shown above); also "every distinct audible sound is a s'ruti; it is a s'ruti because it is to be heard by the ear." - [Previous: c6.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c6.21) - [Next: c6.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c6.23) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c6.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c6.22) · Pramāṇa