Ragas and Raginis: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c6.46

Rāgas and Rāginīs: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c6.46

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c6.46

We now come to an important text, recently come to light, and known as Bṛhad-deśī by Matanga-muni,² which, though fragmentary, throws a flood of light on the history of the rāgas. As its name implies it is a comprehensive (Bṛhat) treatise on deśī or folk-music, current on the earth, as distinguished from the mārga or celestial music, cur-

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Bṛhaddeśī — Mataṅga, Sanskrit