[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) › c10.38 # Ragas and Raginis: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c10.38 Rāgas and Rāginīs: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c10.38 - **Language:** English ### [c10.38](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c10.38) The visual picture of the melody is thus given in \*Ratna-mālā\*: "With the slow movement of a king of elephant, with eyes like that of a fawn, with a complexion like the lotus, with heavy hips, with her plaits dangling like a serpent, with a frame quivering like a delicate creeper, this comes into view, the rāginī Deśī, sweetly smiling. This is Deśī.² - [Previous: c10.37](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c10.37) - [Next: c10.39](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c10.39) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c10.38](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c10.38) · Pramāṇa