Ragas and Raginis: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c10.178

c10.178

A late text of Rāgamālā which we owe to an author named Gangādhar, is a small treatise of 27 verses. It was composed in Samvat 1855 Chait vadi 2 (April, 1798 A.D.).² According to the system followed, the author accepts the following major rāgas: Bhairava, Mālkous Hindola, Dīpaka, Śrī-rāga and Megha-rāga. The rāginīs are those given in the scheme of Hanumān (Appendix 7). Each of the six rāgas are described in a *dohā* followed by a *savaiyā*, while the rāginīs are described in short and simple *dohās*. We cite here four illustrative examples:—