Narada
Saṅgītamakaranda
Traditional attribution
Saṅgītamakaranda
सङ्गीतमकरन्द
A treatise on music and dance in two parts dealing with notes, scales, melodic modes (rāga) —classified, among other criteria, by gender and by time of performance—, instruments and rhythm. It was edited by M. R. Telang in the Gaekwad's Oriental Series in 1920. Its ascription to Nārada extends the tradition that makes him the inventor of the vīṇā and master of the celestial musicians.
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Authorship note
A medieval musical treatise ascribed to Nārada; a nominal ascription, date debated.
Editions and translations
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Narada
Saṅgīta-makaranda of Nārada (Gaekwad's Oriental Series 16)
The Conscious LibrarySaṅgīta-makaranda of Nārada (Gaekwad's Oriental Series 16)
Central Library (Baroda), 1920
Translation: M. R. Telang (ed.)
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- Nārada’s abridged Rāmāyaṇa (Rāmāyaṇa I.1) · 100
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Sources
- Telang, M. R. (ed.). Saṅgīta-makaranda of Nārada. Baroda: Central Library, 1920 (Gaekwad's Oriental Series 16).
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