[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) › c5.11 # Ragas and Raginis: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c5.11 Rāgas and Rāginīs: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c5.11 - **Language:** English ### [c5.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c5.11) (sthāyī); ‘values of ascent’ (ārohaṇa); ‘values of descent’ (avarohaṇa); and ‘values of movement’ (sañcārī). This definition of rāga may be paraphrased as a note-composition having a peculiar musical significance, in their values of duration, ascent, descent, or movement, capable of affecting the human mind with peculiar feelings. - [Previous: c5.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c5.10) - [Next: c5.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c5.12) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c5.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c5.11) · Pramāṇa