The Music of Hindostan c10.69

c10.69

So that the *aṃśa*¹ seems to take exactly the place of the *mesē* in Greek music, and has the same sort of satellites round it. *Madhyama*, ‘middle,’ accurately translates *mesē*, and it is on the face of it likely that they named originally the same musical fact. We must digress for a moment to discuss *madhyama*.