Ragas and Raginis: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c8.3
Rāgas and Rāginīs: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c8.3
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been the oldest primary rāgas, originally borrowed from the season festivals. The relation of Mālava-Kaiśika (Mālkaus) to a particular season is difficult to explain. Pañcama was originally associated with Autumn and was later replaced by Mālava-Kaiśika. Someśvara is the earliest authority to codify the tradition of allocating the six rāgas to the six seasons. According to this authority, quoted in *Saṅgīta-darpaṇa* (1) Śrī-rāga is the melody of the Winter (2) Vasanta of the Spring season (3) Bhairava of the Summer season (4) Pañcama of the Autumn (5) Megha of the Rainy season and (6) Naṭa-nārāyaṇa of the early Winter.¹