The Music of Hindostan c15.44

c15.44

² Lit. augmented. It appears to be occasionally augmented in time-length also, counting 3 to the 2 of the long (dīrgha) and the 1 of the short (hrasva). Later theory (see p. 256) has added lengths between these. We are reminded of the Greek time-unit (chronos prōtos), ‘two-time long’ (disēmos) and ‘three-time long’ (trisēmos).