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(5) Pravogika--Sounds produced by human beings with the help of musical instruments, i.e., musical sounds.
(6) Vaisrasika--Natural sounds such as the roar of the thunder or the rippling of water and the noises in general.
(7) Tata-Musical sound of the tabala or the drum i.e., a stretched membrance.
चर्मतनननिमित्तः पुष्करभेरीदर्दुरादिप्रभवस्ततः । 286 (8) Vitata ---Musical sounds of stringed instruments.
nafta gach G2797 Parta: 1 287 (9) Ghana-Musical sounds from reed instruments such as the harmonium or the xylophone. The sounds from bells are also included in this class.
ताल घंटालालनाद्यभिघातजो धनः । 288 (10) Susira-Sounds produced from wind instruments, organ pipes or the conch.
attaifafaha: ht: 1289
It is necessary to mention here that the Jaina terminology for sounds of musical instruments is a bit different. For vitata they call tata and for tata änaddha. See the following couplet from Amarakośa :
ततं वीणादिकं वाद्यमानद्ध मुजादिकम् ।
वंशादिकन्तु सुषिरं कांस्यतालादिकं घनम् ।। In modern accoustics the study of sound is divided into two main classes : Musical sounds and Noises. All the classes
285. Kevalis are the persons who attain perfection of knowledge. Lord Pärsva and Lord Mahavira are examples in recent times. It is said that their speeches were given in terms of a rythmic note generated by the vibration of the whole body which only be analysed by men and animals into their respective languages. It is difficult to find an exact analogue of this but it may be compared to the analysis of a complex wave-form of sound into its Fourier components by a harmonic analyser -- a mechanical machine.
286. Survariha-sidethi, on suira 5.24. 287. Ibid. 288. Ibid. 289. Ibid.
