The Music of Hindostan c13.s3.69
The Music of Hindostan c13.s3.69
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c13.s3.69
We see from this diagram that just as the scales took account of *śrutis* of different sizes, so here the rhythms take account of different sized units (*mātrā*) and embody them in a system; and it is characteristic of Hindu practice to tabulate ten species of a thing and to make practical use only of one of them. The other ranks may be taken in the same way, and these thirty-five are seen to include by implication one hundred varieties of *Tāl*: