Ragas and Raginis: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c8.65

c8.65

Bhairava *ṭhāṭ* can be changed into the Pūrvī *ṭhāṭ* by the substitution of *tīvra madhyama* for *Śuddha-madhyama*. So, we find that the melodies of the Bhairava group e.g. Bhairva, Yogiyā, Vibāsa, Gunakarī etc., take the *Śuddha-madhyama* and are sung in the morning; while those belonging to the Pūrvī group, viz., Śrī, Gaurī, Jeta-Śrī, Puriyā-Dhānesvarī, Mālavī, Travanī, use the *tīvra madhyama* and are sung in the evening. The *Sandhi-prakāśa rāgas*, assigned to the period of time which represents the junction (*Sandhi*) of the day and night, use both the *madhyamas*; one group is sung just before sunrise (e.g. Lalita, Pañcama, Bhāṭiyārī, Rāmakeli etc.) while the other group, (Pūrvī and its cognates) are sung just after sunset.