Ragas and Raginis: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c6.55
Rāgas and Rāginīs: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c6.55
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Of the seven classes of gītis, sub-divisions are enumerated. Thus ‘śuddha’ (cokṣa), and ‘bhinnaka’ have each five varieties, ‘gauḍas’ three varieties; ‘rāgas’ are of eight varieties and ‘sādhāraṇas,’ of seven varieties; ‘bhāṣās are of sixteen kinds and ‘vibhāṣās, of twelve kinds. The eight varieties of rāgas went by the name of (1) Takka, or Taku (2) Sauvīra (3) Mālava-pañcama (4) Khāḍava (5) Voṭṭa-rāga (6) Hindolaka (7) Takka-Kaiśika.¹