While the term raga is articulated in the Natya Shastra (where its meaning is more literal, meaning 'colour' or 'mood'), it finds a clearer expression in what is called jati in the Dattilam, a text composed shortly after or around the same time as Natya Shastra.

In the Vishnudharmottara Purana, the Naga king Ashvatara asks to know the swaras from Saraswati. Gandharvas are presented as spirits who are musical masters, and the gandharva style looks to music primarily for pleasure, accompanied by the soma rasa. Ravana and Narada from Hindu mythology are accomplished musicians Saraswati with her veena is the goddess of music. For example, raga Khamaj and its variants have been classicized from folk music, while ragas such as Hijaz (also called Basant Mukhari) originated in Persian maqams. Ragas may originate from any source, including religious hymns, folk tunes, and music from outside the Indian subcontinent. The performance is set to a melodic pattern called a raga characterized in part by specific ascent ( aroha) and descent ( avaroha) sequences, 'king' ( vadi) and 'queen' ( samavadi) notes and characteristic phrases ( pakad). Unlike the 12-note scale in Western music, the base frequency of the scale is not fixed, and intertonal gaps ( temperament) may also vary. Indian classical music has seven basic notes with five interspersed half-notes, resulting in a 12-note scale. An aspect of Hindustani music going back to Sufi times is the tradition of religious neutrality: Muslim ustads may sing compositions in praise of Hindu deities and vice versa. This is a very flawed system but is somewhat useful as a heuristic.Дistinguished musicians who are Hindu may be addressed as Pandit and those who are Muslim as Ustad. Around 1900, Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande consolidated the musical structures of Hindustani classical music, called ragas, into a few thaats based on their notes. In medieval times, the melodic systems were fused with ideas from Persian music, particularly through the influence of Sufi composers like Amir Khusro, and later in the Mughal courts, noted composers such as Tansen flourished, along with religious groups like the Vaishnavites.ДЄfter the 16th century, the singing styles diversified into different gharanas patronized in different princely courts. These principles were refined in the musical treatises Natya Shastra, by Bharata (2ndвЂ“3rd century CE), and Dattilam (probably 3rdвЂ“4th century CE). It is melodic music, with no concept of harmony. The central notion in both these systems is that of a melodic musical mode or raga, sung to a rhythmic cycle or tala. Hindustani music places more emphasis on improvisation and exploring all aspects of a raga, while Carnatic music is primarily composition-based. 3.2 Hindustani musicвЂ™s influence during the Delhi SultanateДЄround the 12th century, Hindustani classical music diverged from what eventually came to be identified as Carnatic classical music.This is for communicating the dispatch of print copies. Publisher Loving Sairam to Overseas subscribers of Sanathana Sarathi (English/Telugu): Please share immediately your email Id AND Subscription Number with us at if you have not already done so. Sairam.Seek your co-operation for indefinite delay in deliveries - COVID19 Sairam.Seek your co-operation for indefinite delay in deliveries - COVID19 Loving Sairam to Overseas subscribers of Sanathana Sarathi (English/Telugu): Please share immediately your email Id AND Subscription Number with us at if you have not already done so.

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