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# Ragas and Raginis: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c8.23

Rāgas and Rāginīs: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c8.23

- **Language:** English

### [c8.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c8.23)

The day and night are divided into 8 parts or watches (praharas, or yāma), each of the duration of three hours each.

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