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# Ragas and Raginis: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c9.28

Rāgas and Rāginīs: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c9.28

- **Language:** English

### [c9.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c9.28)

(1) “Vire ca raudre ca Turuska-Gauḍo Nisāda-jāmśo ri-pa-varjitaśca| mūrtistu nivandhāntare| Turuska-Gauḍa āruhya haya-prṣṭhe’ runa-dyutih| Saṅkha-kaṇṭhopanītaśca soṣṇīṣaḥ kavacā-vritaḥ|| S. N. Tagore, “Saṅgīta-sāra-samgraha,” p. 106. Translation: Turuska-Gauḍa is employed in heroic and martial sentiments. The expressive note is ni, and the antiphonic notes are ri & pa. The image is thus described: ‘Turuska-Gauḍa has a complexion rosy as the dawn, He is mounted on a horse, clad in armour and carries a turban.’ The corresponding Hindī verse furnished by Harivallabha does not agree with the above in iconographic conception: \[Turuska-Gauḍa is a melody different from Turuska-Toḍi\]: “Aṅga lasai bhukhana vasana Turakhāneki rīt| Kahe Turaka-Toḍi hai pive surā kari prīt”|| Translation: ‘Bedecked with jewelleries and dressed in Turkish modes (he) drinks with great zest. Such, it is said, is Turaka-Toḍi.’

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## Cites (1)

- [Saṅgītasamayasāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.sangita.sangraha.ratnakara.sangitasamayasara) — Pārśvadeva, Sanskrit

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