[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) › c6.288 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [c6.288](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6.288) 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 - [Previous: c6.287](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6.287) - [Next: c6.289](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6.289) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6.288](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6.288) · Pramāṇa