[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) › c8.4 # The Music and Musical Instruments of Southern India and the Deccan c8.4 The Music and Musical Instruments of Southern India and the Deccan c8.4 - **Language:** English ### [c8.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c8.4) The literal meaning of the word râga is “that which creates passion,” and hence, according to the Hindu idea, a râga signifies a succession of notes so arranged, according to prescribed rules, as to awaken a certain feeling of the mind and an effect differing, it may be, in the minutest particulars from that derivable from another râga. - [Previous: c8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c8.3) - [Next: c8.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c8.5) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c8.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c8.4) · Pramāṇa