[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) › c10.7 # Ragas and Raginis: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c10.7 Rāgas and Rāginīs: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c10.7 - **Language:** English ### [c10.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c10.7) Thus, the Bhinna-ṣaḍja, an archaic melody, is described in a prayer-formula in the text of \*Rāga-kutūhala\*, which from the point of view of musical iconography, must be regarded as one of earlier texts.¹ As \*Rāga-kutūhala\* quotes the opinion of \*Śangīta-ratnākara\*, it must be later than the 13th century. (“\*Rāga kutūhala: Caturdhā: Gurjarikā Ratnākara-mate\*,” \*Anūpa-sangīta-vilāsa\*. P. 124). - [Previous: c10.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c10.6) - [Next: c10.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c10.8) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c10) ## Linked texts (1) - [Saṅgītaratnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.sangita.sangraha.sangitaratnakara) — Śārṅgadeva, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c10.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c10.7) · Pramāṇa