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23. Richard Simon, *Die Notationen des Somanātha*. A reprint from the *Sitzungsberichte d. Königl. Bayer. Akad. der Wissenschaften*, 1903. Heft III. 2 plates [facsimile]. Munich. These give the system of grace-notes adopted in the Rāgavibodha, with full explanations. The great authority on this subject (and on much else) is said to be a book in Telugu by Subrama Dikshitar of Ettyapuram, Tinnevelly; and there is a work in Bengālī by S. M. Tagore, *Yantraksetradipika*, Calcutta, 1872, on grace as performed on the Satār, 317 pages with many musical examples. See also H. P. Krishna Rao, *First steps in Hindu music*. 1906. Weekes & Co. pp. 52.