[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) › c9.2 # Ragas and Raginis: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c9.2 Rāgas and Rāginīs: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c9.2 - **Language:** English ### [c9.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c9.2) According to one text³ 'the images (\*vigraha\*) of the melodies emanate from the Supreme Deity (Brahma) and their function is to worship the Supreme Deity.' - [Previous: c9.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c9.1) - [Next: c9.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c9.3) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c9.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c9.2) · Pramāṇa