Ragas and Raginis: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c10.200

c10.200

The melody is a hybrid rāga, composed of Devagiri, Kedār and Gārā.¹ “Now, the picture (image) of Līlāvatī is written: her complexion is red, her eyes are like the petals of lotus, her gait is like that of a rutting elephant, her friend is Indra, she is dressed in variegated robes, she wears ropes of pearls, she carries a lotus, she is immersed in the flavour of love, she is of sixteen summers, she is accompanied by confidantés of the same age, her braid is strung with garlands of flowers, she is wearing a smile. A rāgiṇī thus visualized should be recognized as Līlāvatī.”² This melody is a hybrid rāgiṇī, composed of Jaita-Śrī, Lalit and Deskār. “Now the picture (image) of Tārā-Dvanı is written: her complexion is fair, she is dressed in yellow robe, she is