Ragas and Raginis: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c6.186
Rāgas and Rāginīs: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c6.186
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c6.186
On the authority of this text it may be asserted that by this time, the Pañcama melody had been dethroned, and that at this time the Megharāga was now on the throne, occupying the place of honour amongst the melodies. Curiously, the Dīpaka rāga is not described and it is euphemistically suggested that the structure of this melody should be settled by an assembly of musicians which suggests that Dīpaka had lost its place in current practice.² The author gives a list of derivative melodies (janya rāgas) which are said to be