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Fundamentals of Ancient Indian Music and Dance
Khahula : PK 40 30
A kind of voice used in songs. It arises from phlegm, and is tender, sweet and
soft. Gamaka : PK 87, R 144 etc. 24, 26, 32, 38, 49 (f.n.)
Term indicating the trembling of the voice. It is of 15
kinds. Gāndharva : PK 12 17, 25, 3.
One who is versed in marga
and desi songs. Gita : Si. 21-24, P. 1-4 etc. 17, 19, 64.
Song; it means a group of
Svaras which delight the heart. Gaudi : R 4
A kind of song. It is compact, pervades the three sthanas called mandra, madhya and tāra, accompanied by gamaka and cantains sweet svaras as
in Ohati. Gaundali : N 1273-77 63, 64
Designation of a class of
female dancers. Graha : S vii. 2, 4, 31; R 33,
90 etc. 18, 22, 25, 38, 62 (i) T 50
According to Bharata, another name of amsa (q.v). The svara from which a
raga commences. (ii) Commencement of a tala.
Grāma : S iv. 1. 109, 172 etc. 5, 6, 7, 24, 25, 39
Denotes svaras which are the resort of marchana, krama, tala, varna, alunkāra and jati. According to Sārngadeva, it is twofoldsad jagrama and Madhyama
grāma. Grāmarāga : Ri. 2, 3, 14 etc. 26, 27
Being the resort of five kinds of songs, grāmaraga is five
fold. Gharghara : N 1304-6
Sounding of anklets by a class of dancers called
Peranin. Ghana : V 4; 6 etc. 3), 37, 46 Musical instruments made of metals and sounded by
strokes, e.g. bell. Caturasra : N 216-17, 1030-40,
1080 (i) A pose of hands in
dance. (ii) A sthāna (q.v.) for males (iii) A kind of desi sthāna
(q.v.). Cāri V 897
S5
Simultaneous graceful move. ments of feet, thighs, shanks and waist in dance. It may be aerial, desi aerial, terrestrial
and desi terrestrial. Chāyālaga ; PK 16, 37, 311 etc. 28, 33, 61 (Salaga)
A kind of rāga, also called Salaga. It is a rāga which is mixed with the semblance (chāyā--lit. shadow) of another rāga,
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