[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [Ragas and Raginis: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935) › c10.178 # Ragas and Raginis: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c10.178 Rāgas and Rāginīs: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c10.178 - **Language:** English ### [c10.178](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.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:— - [Previous: c10.177](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c10.177) - [Next: c10.179](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c10.179) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c10.178](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c10.178) · Pramāṇa