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SEVEN-NAMED (SATTANÄMA) 260 [6]. Of these seven notes, three musical scales (gūma) are stated, viz.
(i) musical scale of saija; (ii) musical scale of majjhima;
(iii) musical scale of gamdhara. 260 17). Of the saija musical scale, seven melodies (regulated rises and falls of sounds through the gāma) are stated (in the following verse), viz.
(1) maggi, (2) koravviā, (3) hari, and (4) rayani, and (5) sårkantă, (6) särasi, the sixth, and
(7) suddhasaijā, the seventh //391/ 260 [8]. Of the majjhima musical scale, seven meiodies are stated (in the following verse), viz.
(1) uttaramamda, (2) rayani, (3) uttara, (4) uttarayasa (ta), (5) assokamtā, and (6) sovīrā, (and)
(7) the seventh is abhirū //40// 260 [9]. Of the gamdhāra musical scale seven melodies are stated (in the following verses), viz.
(1) namdi, and (2) khuddimā, (3) pūrimā, and (4) the fourth (is) suddha gamdhāra, (5) the fifth melody is uttaragamdharā //41/1 (6) the sixth is to be known as sutthuttaramäyāma of
necessity, and (7) then the uttar ayat a kodima (is) the seventh melody //42/1
260 [10]. Where do the seven notes come from? What is the origin of song ? What is the time-length of the breath ? Or how many are the special tones of song ? !/43/
The seven notes come out of the navel, lamenting is the origin of song; the breaths have the same length as the metrical quarter (in a stanza), and there are three tones of a song 1/44//
