[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) › c6.55 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [c6.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6.55) 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 - [Previous: c6.54](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6.54) - [Next: c6.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6.56) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6.55) · Pramāṇa