[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) › c6.302 # Ragas and Raginis: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c6.302 Rāgas and Rāginīs: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c6.302 - **Language:** English ### [c6.302](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6.302) The next available text belongs to the South and the Karnatic system. Saṅgīta-sudhā, composed by Govinda Dikṣit, the minister at the Court of Prince Raghunath Naik (1614-1640 A.D.) of Tanjore, was ascribed by the author to his royal patron.² It is an elaborate treatise, and treats of the melodies very fully. The descriptions of the jāti-rāgas, including the composite jāti-melodies, are illustrated with actual songs, with notations. The author gives to the Śuddha-jātis a picturesque name, viz., Kapālāni (skulls), associating their origin with Śiva, as he went about in his begging role (vikṣāṭaṇa veśa) with the skull as his begging bowl.³ Improving on Matanga (Appendix 3) the author classifies melodies under ten divisions: (1) Grāma-rāga, (2) - [Previous: c6.301](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6.301) - [Next: c6.303](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6.303) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6.302](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6.302) · Pramāṇa