[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) › c10.39 # Ragas and Raginis: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c10.39 Rāgas and Rāginīs: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c10.39 - **Language:** English ### [c10.39](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c10.39) The practice of composing rāga-mālā verses, descriptive of the images of rāgas, and suggesting their emotive atmosphere and values must have been current long before the middle of the 15th century. In a Ms., dated 1440 A.D. of the \*Pancama-sāra-saṃhitā\* by Nārada, a complete series of descriptive verses are given of six rāgas and thirty-six rāginīs. (See ante P. 24). - [Previous: c10.38](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c10.38) - [Next: c10.40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c10.40) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c10.39](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c10.39) · Pramāṇa