Ragas and Raginis: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c8.9
Rāgas and Rāginīs: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c8.9
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It is in the *Saṅgīta-makaranda* that we find, for the first time, a classification of melodies according to their proper hours for singing. In this text, melodies are divided into solar or daytime rāgas, and lunar (*candramāṃsja*) or nocturnal rāgas. According to this text (Ch. III, 10-23), the time-table of the melodies is indicated below: