[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) › c10.196 # Ragas and Raginis: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c10.196 Rāgas and Rāginīs: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c10.196 - **Language:** English ### [c10.196](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c10.196) "Now the picture (image) of Velāvalī is written: For the purpose of meeting her beloved in the trysting-place, she is putting on her jewels, (sitting) on the terrace; and she is repeatedly recalling and invoking her favourite deity—the god of love; her complexion is like the colour of blue lotus. A rāgiṇī visualised as above, one should recognize as Velāvalī."¹ - [Previous: c10.195](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c10.195) - [Next: c10.197](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c10.197) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c10.196](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c10.196) · Pramāṇa