[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) › c8.79 # Ragas and Raginis: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c8.79 Rāgas and Rāginīs: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c8.79 - **Language:** English ### [c8.79](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c8.79) In the Southern system, the secondary, or minor melodies (janyas) are formed, principally, by using in a new combination five or more of the notes used in the primary, or major rāgas (janaka), variations being obtained from the primary rāgas, by omitting certain notes in the ascent, or descent. - [Previous: c8.78](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c8.78) - [Next: c9.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c9.1) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c8.79](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c8.79) · Pramāṇa