[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) › c7.4 # Ragas and Raginis: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c7.4 Rāgas and Rāginīs: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c7.4 - **Language:** English ### [c7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c7.4) structure of a melody have an upward or ascending tendency (ārohaṇa) with the cadential notes resting on the stronger pulses—then it is called a rāga (a masculine melody). And when the phrases and structure have a downward or descending tendency (avarohaṇa) with the cadential notes resting on the weaker impulses,—it is characterized as a rāgiṇī (a feminine melody). - [Previous: c7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c7.3) - [Next: c7.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c7.5) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c7.4) · Pramāṇa