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# Hindu Achievements in Exact Science: A Study in the History of Scientific Development c15.20

Hindu Achievements in Exact Science: A Study in the History of Scientific Development c15.20

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### [c15.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c15.20)

(5) Musical notes and intervals were analyzed and mathematically calculated in the treatises on music,¹⁴ e.g., Sharamgadeva's "Samgita-ratnakara" ("Ocean of Music") (1210-47), Damodara's "Samgita-darpana" ("The mirror of music") (1560-1647), etc. The relative pitch of the notes of the diatonic scale was, according to Krishnaji Ballal Deval, accurately determined.

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## Cites (1)

- [Saṅgītaratnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.sangita.sangraha.ratnakara.sangitaratnakara) — Śārṅgadeva, Sanskrit

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