The Music of Hindostan c11.10
The Music of Hindostan c11.10
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c11.10
*Śuddha* [Shud] means ‘pure’; *Chāyālaga* [Chāyā] means ‘transitional’ (from *Chāyā* shadow); *Sankirṇa* [Sank] means ‘mixed’; and *vakra* [vakr] is literally ‘crooked’ and means that the notes are taken not in direct order from *Sa* to *Sa*, but that the *Rāg* has certain melodic figures as characteristics.