[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) › c9.20 # Ragas and Raginis: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c9.20 Rāgas and Rāginīs: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c9.20 - **Language:** English ### [c9.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c9.20) These dhyāna-formulas in the shape of Sanskrit verses and quatrains represent the devatā-maya-rūpa, the image-forms of the rāgas and rāgiṇīs. They are the sources and the bases of all pictorial representations of the Indian melodies—the well-known ‘Rāga-mālā’ pictures. In these verbal descriptions—the essential character,—the spirit,—the rasa,—the emotional objective of each rāga, or rāgiṇī is indicated. Very often symbolistic details of the colour of the dress,¹ the nature of the complexion of the dramatis - [Previous: c9.19.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c9.19.4) - [Next: c9.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c9.21) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c9.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c9.20) · Pramāṇa