The Music of Hindostan c9.s1.16

c9.s1.16

*Śruti*, from root *śru*, ‘hear’, is the (smallest) ‘audible sound’. Like the *svara* it names both the interval and the note. The twenty-two *śrutis* have special names, and specific attributions of divine qualities lie no doubt concealed in these. The first of them, i. e. C–D♭, is called *Tīvra* (sharp); the other names are obscure.