[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) › c6.25 # The Music and Musical Instruments of Southern India and the Deccan c6.25 The Music and Musical Instruments of Southern India and the Deccan c6.25 - **Language:** English ### [c6.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c6.25) The literal meaning of grâma signifies "a stopping place" or "village." Hence the word came to be used for scale, since the s'rutis are arranged in a scale as mankind in villages. - [Previous: c6.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c6.24) - [Next: c6.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c6.26) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c6.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c6.25) · Pramāṇa