Ragas and Raginis: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c6.16

Rāgas and Rāginīs: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c6.16

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c6.16

We have also, a classification of melody-types according to the number of notes used, into three classes known as pentatonic (oḍava), sextatonic (khāḍava) and septatonic (sampūrṇā). Both Dattila and Bharata, therefore, give us all the ingredients or materials for the structure of a melody.

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Nāṭyaśāstra — Bharata, Sanskrit
Dattilam — Dattila, Sanskrit