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Alarkara, Sangita and Natya
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रागमाला
Rīgamālā
No. 313
1026. 1884-87.
Size.-91 in. by 4 in.
Extent.-25 leaves, 10 lines to a page; 25 letters to a line. Description.-Country paper, whitish in appearance; Devanagari
characters ; clear and legible hand-writing ; borders ruled
with double black lines; folio 2a blank; so also, sa, .6, 8, 9, 10, II, I24, 13, 15, 24b-these are blank sides
of folios ; folio 13 numbered twice.
Age.-- Samvat 1671.
Author.-Pundarika Vitthala, a Karnataka, son of Naga and Dharma
(नागाम्बाधर्मसूनु). In verse 3 in the colophon the chronogram for the Compostion is given. It comes to Saka 1498 i.e. A. D. 1576. From the Ms of रागमञ्जरी we know that he lived under Akbar.
Subject.- Music. The work is a treatise on different ragas,
their forms, attributes, notes etc. Other works on Music ascribed to Pundarika Vitthala are:नर्तननिर्णय (Bik 573). रागमनरी ( Bik. 516).
646 पड्रागचन्द्रोदय ( Bik. 529 and B. O. R. I. ...
" 1899-1915 संगीतवृत्तरत्नाकर ( Fox strangueay's Music of Hindostan p. I03).
शीघ्रप्रबोधिनीनाममाला ( L. I578). Begins.
स्वस्ति श्रीगणेशाय नमः॥ कल्याण बहुलं देशी वसंत ललितं मुदे नट नारायणं वंदे श्रीसारंगबिभासकं ॥१॥ विठ्ठलेन समुध्दृत्य सारं नर्त्तननिर्णयात् । श्रीमत्कपिमन्यर्थं क्रियते रागमालिका
