Ragas and Raginis: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c7.45
Rāgas and Rāginīs: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c7.45
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Various rāgiṇīs have borrowed names from birds and animals: Kokila (cuckoo), Māyurī (pea-cock), Nāgadhvani (the voice of the snake), Haṃsa-dhvani (the voice of the swan), Vaḍa-haṃsī (the big swan), Kurañjī-Kuraṅgī, (antelope), Vihagaḍā=Vihaṅgaḍā (the bird).