[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) › c3 # Ragas and Raginis: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c3: Contents Rāgas and Rāginīs: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c3 - **Language:** English ### Contents ### [c3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c3.1) INTRODUCTION Characteristics of Indian Melodies—Definitions .. .. 1-8 ### [c3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c3.2) HISTORY OF THE RĀGAS Vedic traditions,—Rāmāyaṇa,—Bharata: Nāṭya-śāstra—Hari-vaṁśa,—Kuḍumiyamalai Inscription,—Pañca-tantra,—Matanga: Bṛhadeśi,—Abhilāsārthacintāmaṇi,—Saṅgīta-makaranda,—Pañcama sāra-saṁhitā,—Nāṭya-locana,—old Bengali Buddhist songs,— Kālikā-purāṇa,—Sarasvatī-Hṛdayā-laṁkāra,—Śārṅgadeva: Saṅgīta-Ratnākara,—Saṅgīta-Samayasāra,—Rāgārṇava,—Śubhaṁkara: Saṅgāna-sāṅgara,—Jyotirīśvara: Varṇaratnākara,—Amir Khusrau,—Śārṅgadhara-paddhati,—Locana Kavi: Rāga-taraṅginī, — Nārada: Pancamasāra-saṁhitā, — Kṛṣṇa-Kirtana by Caṇḍīdās,—Rāṇā Kumbha: Saṅgīta-rāja,—Kṣema Karṇa: Rāga-Mālā,—Mānkutūhala,—Svara-mela-Kalā-nidhi—Tan Sena — Puṇḍarīk Viṭṭhala: Sadrāga-Candrodaya,—Rāgamālā, — Rāgamañjarī,—Cattvāriṁśacchata-rāganirūpaṇam,—Somanātha: Rāga-vivodha,—Dāmodara Miśra: Saṅgīta-darpaṇa,—Govinda Dikṣit: Saṅgīta-sudhā,—Hṛdaya Nārāyaṇa: Hṛdaya-Kautuka, — Veṅkaṭamakhi: Caturdaṇḍi-prakāśikā, — Ahovala: Saṅgīta-Pārijāta, — Bhāvabhaṭṭa: Anūpa-saṅgīta-vilāsa, — Anūpa-saṅgīta-ratnākara — Anūpa-saṅgīt-āṅkuśa, — Saṅgīta-Nārāyaṇa by Puruṣottam Miśra,—Saṅgīta-Sārāmṛtoddhāro by Tulājī,—Saṅgītasāra by Mahārāja Pratāpa Siṁha,—Nagamat-e-Asaphi by Muhammad Rezza Khan,—Saṅgīta-rāga-Kalpadruma by Kṛṣṇānanda Vyāsa, — Saṅgītasāra-Saṁgraha by Sir S. M. Tagore,—Śrīmat-Lakṣa-Saṅgītam and Abhinava-rāga-mañjarī by Pandit Bhāt-Khande,—Dr. Rabindranath Tagore .. .. .. .. 9-69 ### [c3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c3.3) RĀGAS AND RĀGINĪ Nomenclature of Melodies .. .. .. .. 70-79 ### [c3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c3.4) TIME-THEORY Time-Table—Classification of Rāgas .. .. .. 80-95 ### [c3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c3.5) RĀGĀMĀLĀ TEXTS SANSKRIT TEXTS: Sanskrit Rāgamālā texts,—Kohala,—Rāga-Kutūhala, — Rāga-Sāgara, — Pañcama-sāra-saṃhitā, — Rāga-Mālā by Meṣa-Karṇa, — Nṛpa, — Rāgamālā by Viṭhthala, — Cattvāriṃśac-chata-rāga-nirūpaṇam, — Rāga-vivoda, — Saṅgita-Darpaṇa, — Bhāvabhaṭṭa, — Saṅgita-mālā, — Rāga-Kalpadruma, — Tagore's Saṅgita-sāra-saṃgraha .. .. ### [c3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c3.6) HINDĪ TEXTS: Hindī Rāgamālā Text, — Harivallabha, — Earlier Hindī Texts, — Lachiman, — Deo-Kavi, — Anonymous Text, British Museum — Lāl Kavi, — Peary, Raṅgalāl,—Vrajanāth, —Paidā, — Anonymous text, — Rāga Kutūhala by Kavi Radha Krishna, — Gaṅgādhara, — Saṅgīta-sār, — Diwan Lachiram's Bhuddi-prakāś-Darpan, — Saṅgita-sudarśana, — Chunni Lālji's Nād-vinod, — Bhānu Kavi .. .. ### [c3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c3.7) PERSIAN TEXTS: Persian Rāgamālā Album, — Rāgamālā with Persian Inscriptions .. .. .. ### [c3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c3.8) BENGALI TEXT: Rādhāmohun Sen's Saṅgita-Taraṅga .. 105-150 ### [c3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c3.9) PICTORIAL MOTIFS: Skeleton Drawings,—Sources of Pictorial Motifs,—Visualization of Music in Europe .. .. .. 151-156 CRITICISM . . . . . 157-161 LIST OF MUSICAL TEXTS .. .. .. .. 162-165 SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY .. .. .. .. 167-174 APPENDICES . . . . . 175-222 --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c3) · Pramāṇa