[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) › c6.253 # Ragas and Raginis: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c6.253 Rāgas and Rāginīs: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c6.253 - **Language:** English ### [c6.253](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6.253) (2) Although he accepts Mukhārī, as the śuddha scale, following the older practice, he was inclined to take Mālava-gaula as his model for the śuddha scale: "Rāgo Mālava-gaulaśca\*\*rāgānāmutta-mottamah|| (Svara-mela-kalānidhi, p. xxxi). As Mr. Aiyar remarks: "Evidently he did not come to deduce his twenty melas form any kind of principles but perhaps recorded such of the melas as were in vogue during his time." - [Previous: c6.252](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6.252) - [Next: c6.254](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6.254) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6) ## Cites (1) - [Svaramelakalānidhi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.sangita.raga.svaramelakalanidhi) — Rāmāmātya 1550, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6.253](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6.253) · Pramāṇa