Ragas and Raginis: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c6.288
Rāgas and Rāginīs: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c6.288
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To the early part of the reign of Jahāngir (1605-1627 A.D.) belongs an important music text, specially treating of the melodies. It is the Rāga-vivodha by Somanāth, son of Mudgala, composed in 1609 A D. (1531 śaka) as indicated in the colophon.² The author has added to the text a commentary of his own which is of great assistance in interpreting the text. It is difficult to say if the author wrote his