Critical edition

Bṛhaddeśī

of Mātaṅgamuni · c. 750 CE
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edited by Prem Lata Sharma
Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts · 1992
274folia
1,763concepts
3,187affirmations
1,087rules
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Canonical structure

Six sections — evidence R_7_brhaddesi_structure. Each name links to its concepts in the grammar.

  1. DeśīRegional rāgas and deśī rāga corpus.
  2. NādaPrimordial sound — the origin of all music.
  3. ŚrutiMicrotonal intervals — multi-authority enumeration.
  4. SvaraThe seven notes and their roles.
  5. Grāma-mūrchanāModal frames and the mūrchanā derivation system.
  6. Varṇa-alaṅkāraThe four melodic motions and the 33 alaṅkāras.