Ragas and Raginis: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c15.s3.3

c15.s3.3

According to Brhaddeśī by Matanga (Circa 5th to 7th Century,) melodies, known under the generic name of gītis, or folk-songs, or airs, were of seven varieties, one of which represented the rāga-gītis or melodies proper The melodies had their derivatives known as bhāsās, the latter being subdivided into Vibhāsās The bhāsās & vibhāsās, correspond to rāginīs of later times