Ragas and Raginis: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c15.s15.2

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According to *Svara-mela-kalānidhi* by Rāmā-mātya (1550 A.D.) The scheme belongs to the Southern or Carnatic School, according to which 20 root-rāgas, or melas (major melodies) are chosen, and to each mela, certain derivative rāgas (janya-rāgas) are ascribed. The lists of derivative rāgas given in this work are illustrative and not exhaustive. The table set out below is borrowed from Mr M. S. Ramaswami Aiyar's edition of the work (Introduction, p xliv, 1932).