[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) › c6.46 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [c6.46](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.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- - [Previous: c6.45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6.45) - [Next: c6.47](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6.47) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6) ## Cites (1) - [Bṛhaddeśī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.sangita.prachina.brhaddesi) — Mataṅga, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6.46](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6.46) · Pramāṇa