The Music of Hindostan c15.s1.1

c15.s1.1

| I Ṛkprātiśākhya. At least fourth cent. B. C. | kruṣṭa head | prathama palate | dvitīya brow | tṛtīya ear | caturtha nose | mandra | atisvārya (formed by karṣaṇa from the mandra) | 1 2 3 4 |
| II Bṛhaddevatā. At least fourth cent. | kṛṣṭa | prathama udātta Ga prathama | dvitīya svarita Ri dvitīya dvitīya | tṛtīya pracaya Sa • tṛtīya | caturtha anudātta Ni • caturtha | mandra • mandra | atisvārya (Ahvārakas) (Taittirīyas) | 5 6 7 8 9 |
| III Taittirīya- Prātiśākhya. At least fourth cent. | kruṣṭa | prathama | dvitīya | tṛtīya | caturtha | mandra pañcama | atisvārya atisvāra anusvāra ṣaṣṭha antya | 10 |
| IV Sāmavidhāna- brāhmaṇa. Later than I, II, III. | | | | | | | Alludes to the whole series as ‘kruṣṭādi’, that is, beginning with kruṣṭa. | 11 |
| V Puṣpasūtra. Fifth to second cent. | | | | | | | | |
| VI Sāmatantra. Prob. not modern. | | | | gi | di | bi | | 12 |
| VII Sāmaparibhāṣā. ‘Quite modern.’ (R. Simon.) | kruṣṭa Ni {C (G) | prathama Dha {B (F#) | dvitīya Pa {A (E) | tṛtīya Ma {G (D) | caturtha Ga {F (C) | mandra Ri {E (B) | atisvārya Sa {D (A) | 13 14 |