[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) › c15.s3.3 # Ragas and Raginis: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c15.s3.3 Rāgas and Rāginīs: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c15.s3.3 - **Language:** English ### [c15.s3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.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 - [Previous: c15.s3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c15.s3.2) - [Next: c15.s3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c15.s3.4) - [Up: c15.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c15.s3) ## Cites (1) - [Bṛhaddeśī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.sangita.prachina.brhaddesi) — Mataṅga, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c15.s3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c15.s3.3) · Pramāṇa