Ragas and Raginis: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c5.5
Rāgas and Rāginīs: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c5.5
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picturesque definitions and descriptions are given of the characteristic composing notes of a rāga, viz. vādi, samvādi, anuvādi, and vivādi (sonant, consonant, assonant, dissonant) notes: “sa vādi kathyate pracuro yah prayogesu vakti rāgādiniścayam”=‘That note is called a vādi, by the abundant use of which a rāga is clearly differentiated.’