[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) › c5.17 # Ragas and Raginis: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c5.17 Rāgas and Rāginīs: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c5.17 - **Language:** English ### [c5.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c5.17) A rāga may, therefore, be, more correctly, rendered as a “melody-mould,” a “melody-type,” or a “musical pattern.” “Except for the primary condition that certain notes are to come in a certain way, there is no other restriction imposed on the singing of a particular rāga” (R. Śrīnivāsa). - [Previous: c5.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c5.16) - [Next: c5.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c5.18) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c5.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c5.17) · Pramāṇa