[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) › c10.216 # Ragas and Raginis: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c10.216 Rāgas and Rāginīs: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c10.216 - **Language:** English ### [c10.216](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c10.216) It cannot be claimed that this modern poet, the latest contributor to rāga-mālā texts, wrote his verses to answer the demand of illustrators. For, the demand of rāga-mālā pictures had ceased by the middle of the 19th century. During the centuries, the practice of composing rāga-mālā verses had grown up, and poets accepted this subject as a conventional topic, worthy of poets. And Bhānu Kavi has only touched upon a topic hallowed by ancient poets, without the slightest hope of his verses being put to any practical pictorial uses. - [Previous: c10.215](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c10.215) - [Next: c10.217](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c10.217) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c10.216](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c10.216) · Pramāṇa