Ragas and Raginis: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c6.295
Rāgas and Rāginīs: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c6.295
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To the reign of Shāh Jahān belongs, the short but popular treatise known as the “*Sangītadarpana*” (the Mirror of Music) written by Dāmodara Miśra about 1625 A D.⁵ It is more a compilation than an original work, and the author freely quotes from various authorities. His definition of ‘Sangīta’ (song and music) evidently borrowed from some