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Ragas and Raginis: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c15.s5: Appendix 5

Rāgas and Rāginīs: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c15.s5

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Appendix 5

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CLASSIFICATION OF RĀGAS

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into six rāgas & thirty-six rāginīs

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According to Mammata (ācārya), author of *Sangita-ratna-mālā* as, cited in *Sangīta-nārāyaṇa*. Some scholars identify Mammata, the author of this musical text, with Mammat, the great authority on poetics, author of *Kāvya-prakāśa*, who flourished about the eleventh century A.D

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1. KARNĀTA

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| 1. Vand-hanī (?) | 2. Māla-vaśrī | 3 Sindhu | 4. Velā-valī | 5. Prapā-unī (?) | 6. Vibhāsā |

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2. NĀTA

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| 1 kām-bhojī | 2 Nāta-bhāsā | 3 Tudīkā | 4 Guna-manjarī (?) (-Guna-kriyā (?)) | 5. Sekharī | 6 Mukharī |

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3 (MEGHA)-MALLĀRA

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| 1 Mallārī | 2 Lalitā | 3. Pata-manjarī | 4 Madhu-kī | 5 Bhāsa-kārī | 6 Deśī |

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4 DEŚĀKH

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| 1. Gun-jarī (-Gujjarī ?) | 2. Rāma-kirī | 3 Gunda-kirī | 4. Suto-dikā | 5. Dhānasī | 6 Varātī |

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5. MĀLAVA

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| 1. Śivi (?) | 2. Kedāra | 3. Mesa-mā (?) | 4. Jīvikā | 5. Kandu-sutā (?) | 6. Travanā |

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6. VASANTA

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| 1. Bhairavī | 2. Regahārī (?) (-Revaguptā ?) | 3. Megha-tālī | 4. Supancamī | 5. Amvā-toji (?) (-Ambhojī ?) | 6. Totka (?) (-Tanka) |

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(The absence of the Bhairava rāga, and the ascription of Bhairavī to the group of Vasanta lend an early date to this scheme.)

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