Ragas and Raginis: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c6.4

Rāgas and Rāginīs: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c6.4

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c6.4

There is a long standing tradition, still surviving in current musical practices, that after Vālmīki had composed his *Rāmāyaṇa*, it was set to music by Bharata himself¹ and sung by Lava and Kuśa, who were fortunate in finding as their auditor Rāma himself. We have no means of knowing the character of the melodies to which the *Rāmāyaṇa* was sung.

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Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa — Vālmīki, Sanskrit