Historical Development of Indian Music: A Critical Study c2.7
Historical Development of Indian Music: A Critical Study c2.7
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c2.7
Now, what are the prabandhas and sthāyas? The prabandhas are the systematic musical compositions, bound up with different dhātus (music-parts), six aṅgas (limbs), five jātis, etc. The sthāyas are the musical phrases that create the shades or *chāyās* of the *rāgas*. Pārśvadeva and Śāraṅgadeva have fully described about the forms and nature of the *sthāyas* in the *Saṅgīta-samayasāra* and *Saṅgīta-Ratnākara*. Pārśvadeva observes (vide *Saṅgīta-samayasāra*, II.34-3) :
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- Saṅgītaratnākara — Śārṅgadeva, Sanskrit
- Saṅgītasamayasāra — Pārśvadeva, Sanskrit