[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) › c6.43 # Ragas and Raginis: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c6.43 Rāgas and Rāginīs: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c6.43 - **Language:** English ### [c6.43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6.43) In the tale of "Ass as Singer",¹ the ass inspired by the beauty of the night expresses a desire to sing, and, being exhorted by his friend the jackal not to sing, boasts of his knowledge of the musical science as will appear from the following extract: - [Previous: c6.42](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6.42) - [Next: c6.44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6.44) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6.43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6.43) · Pramāṇa