[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) › c6.298 # Ragas and Raginis: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c6.298 Rāgas and Rāginīs: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c6.298 - **Language:** English ### [c6.298](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6.298) earlier text-writer is worth quoting: “The quality of pleasing is the common factor underlying the art of singing songs, accompaniments, and dance. Therefore that which fails to give pleasure cannot deserve the name of music (Saṅgīta).¹ - [Previous: c6.297](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6.297) - [Next: c6.299](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6.299) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6.298](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6.298) · Pramāṇa