svarāntara svara_combination

¹⁹ TRANSLATION " (A structure with) six svaras is ṣāḍava that is fourteenfold, with forty-seven varieties. The said regulation (number 47) is according to the varieties of aṁśa svara (in fourteen jātis)." (NŚ XXVIII, p. ⁴⁹) [6. The definition of auduva] ----- "(A structure of) five svaras should be known as audavita, it is tenfold³² according to those knowledgeable in prayoga (performance). It is prescribed to have thirty varieties and its definition is as has been said before." (NŚ XXVIII.76) [Anu. ¹²⁷] (The structure) beginning with the group of four svaras is deśī,33 not mārga. That is used in (the music of people known as) 34 śabara, pulinda, kāmboja, baṅga, kirāta, bāhlīka, āndhra, draviḍa, vana (forest-dwellers) etc. On account of lack of regulation (aniyama)35 śruti (?) alone should be understood here. When there is the usage of four svaras, then it is said to be svarāntara 36; this should be known in avakṛṣṭā dhruvās alone and we shall explain this within the treatment of dhruvā. Similarly has said Bharata - "There is the use of six svaras and similarly of five svaras. Here (in drama) there is also the use of four svaras in the avakṛṣṭā dhruvās."37 (NŚ XXVIII.77) By the word 'api' (in the above verse) meaning 'also', the complete (structure) should also be understood. Thus should be known the fourfold usage of dhruvās (viz. complete, hexatonic, pentatonic, quadratonic).

, ⁴³ TRANSLATION The vivādi-maṇḍala in madhyama-grāma is thus — ma pa ga ц dha ni sa [The sevenfold combination of svaras according to the types beginning with ārcika] (Anu. ²⁸) Now the names of the sevenfold combination of svaras are being spoken of - ārcika,45 gāthika,46 sāmika,47 svarāntara,48 auduva,49 şādava50 and sampūrņa.51 Nārada has said so - "Ārcika, gāthika, sāmika, svarāntara, auduva, sādava and the seventh is sampūrņa. That which (involves) the use of one svara is called ārcika. Gāthika should be known as being comprised of two svaras, the (combination of) three svaras itself is sāmika. The use of four svaras is spoken of as svarāntara. Auduva is with five (svaras), şāḍava is with six svaras and sampūrņa is known with seven (svaras) by the designers (yoktṛns) of gīta 52 (music)." [The etymology of svara-names] ŧ The producer of six svaras, or the one produced by six svaras, or that which (55) is born of six angas is called sadja.53