[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) › c7.38 # Ragas and Raginis: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c7.38 Rāgas and Rāginīs: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c7.38 - **Language:** English ### [c7.38](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c7.38) Some of the names are derived from their associations with the season, and seasonal rites, or ṣaturnāliās. To this class belong the Megha-rāga, the melody of the rains, Vasanta, the melody of the spring, the Hiṇḍola, associated with the Swing Festival, and the Śrī-rāga, associated with the harvesting season. The text of \*Saṅgīta-Sudhā\* (early 17th century) alludes to the traditional association of this melody with Lakṣmī, the goddess of Fortune. ‘As it is known to all, it brings fortunes.’² Prathama-mañjarī (lit. ‘the first shoots’) probably borrows its name from its association with early spring. Other melodies associated with the spring and the summer are, Cūta-mañjarī, (lit. ‘the Mango-blossom’), Āmra-pañcama (‘the mango with the fifth note’). - [Previous: c7.37](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c7.37) - [Next: c7.39](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c7.39) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c7) ## Cites (1) - [Saṅgītasudhā (Raghunātha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.sangita.sangraha.daksinatya.sangitasudha) — Raghunātha 1589, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c7.38](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c7.38) · Pramāṇa