Fundamental of Ancient Indian Music and Dance

Author(s): Sureshchandra Benarji
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad

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Fundamentals of Ancient Indian Music and Dance
produce instrumental music of various sorts. The total number of the kinds of vādya, produced by pāța, is 500.
The shaking of the neck, elbow, thumb, wrist and the left foot is called sañca. Due to the sañca of the thumb and the wrist, the player of pațaha becomes best. By shaking the shoulders and the elbow one becomes inferior. The hudukkā player, due to the shaking of the thumb, elbow and the neck, becomes best. One becomes madhyama by shaking the wrist and the elbow. One, who is worst, plays with the shaking of the left foot.
As there are gita-prabandhas, so we have vādya-prabandhas too composed of udgräha etc. According to Śărrigadeva, there are 43 vādya-prabandhas. An example of vādya-prabundha : gad da ga thom gakkathomțem etc.