[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) › c6.63 # Ragas and Raginis: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c6.63 Rāgas and Rāginīs: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c6.63 - **Language:** English ### [c6.63](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6.63) The only other comment which the text of Matanga calls for is that it represents a very early stage in the development of the rāgas, when Kakubha, destined to be pushed to a subordinate position as a rāgiṇī, later on, figures as a major melody, to which several minor melodies (bhāṣās) are affiliated. At this stage, Bhairava, which was later derived from Bhinna-ṣadja,¹ an ancient jāti-rāga, had not yet come into existence. Unfortunately the successive developments are not supported by documents as there is a considerable gap between the text of Matanga and the next landmark. - [Previous: c6.62](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6.62) - [Next: c6.64](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6.64) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6.63](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6.63) · Pramāṇa