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colours; therefore, ihe colour basis for the classification of the different kinds of rāgas is significant and logical.
This is how Bhoja and others treat of the subject of rāga. In so far as the present work deals with the rāgas we can say that one of its main purposes has been to illustrate the rāgas technically dealt with in the SP. This points out incidentally its close relationship with the SKĀ and the SP, and strengthens Bhoja's claim to the authorship of this work.
The second purpose of the text, as has been mentioned in the beginning, is to describe certain dangers a courtesan has to guard against, and to lay down certain rules of conduct she has to follow to make her life a success. This is done through illustrative stories which shed interesting side-light upon the institution of courtesan and also upon certain aspects of the social life of those days. There are certain technical points regarding the gañikā as a 'type' of nāyika to be considered also. This will be dealt with in the next chapter.
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