[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) › c6.17 # Ragas and Raginis: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c6.17 Rāgas and Rāginīs: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c6.17 - **Language:** English ### [c6.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6.17) In fact Bharata, following Dattila, classifies the melodies under the name of jātis (species). These he classifies under two modes or scales (grāmas), the ṣaḍja-grāma and madhyama-grāma. Under these two modes (grāmas) Bharata enumerates the 18 jātis of melodies, the same as given by Dattila (See Anppendix 1 and 2). - [Previous: c6.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6.16) - [Next: c6.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6.18) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6.17) · Pramāṇa