[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) › c6.223 # Ragas and Raginis: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c6.223 Rāgas and Rāginīs: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c6.223 - **Language:** English ### [c6.223](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6.223) But the most important contribution of Rāṇā-Kumbha—is the view which appears to be propounded in this work, namely, that each rāga has its appropriate time-measure (tāla) which brings out the genius of the rāga in its characteristic qualities.¹ As the author seems to suggest that it is the time-measure which gives the true interpretation of a rāga (“tālo varṇayati rasaḥ”), it is the time-measure which reveals its real flavour (“tālo varṇayati rasaḥ”). It does not follow that a rāga can only be interpreted in a fixed time-measure, but what is intended to be suggested that particular rāgas receive the happiest interpretation and expression in particular time-measures. - [Previous: c6.222](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6.222) - [Next: c6.224](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6.224) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6.223](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6.223) · Pramāṇa