[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) › c6.141 # Ragas and Raginis: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c6.141 Rāgas and Rāginīs: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c6.141 - **Language:** English ### [c6.141](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6.141) Very instructive examples are offered as to the melody-bases from which some of the \*rāgas\* famous in later times, derive their character, though no clue is available as to their proper names. Thus, we are informed by Śārṅgadeva for the first time, that the \*rāga\* Bhairava is derived from the archaic melody, Bhinna-ṣadja. "It has 'dha' for its tonic note, 'ma' for its finale, and it avoids the notes 'ri' and 'pa'; it is a melody of equivalent values for prayers." - [Previous: c6.140](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6.140) - [Next: c6.142](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6.142) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6.141](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6.141) · Pramāṇa