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HINDUS:
RAJAH SIR SOURINDRO MOHUN TAGORR
BAHADOOR, Mus. Doc,
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249, .How-Bazar Strket, and Published by the Bengal
Academy of Muaic, Pathuhiaohata Rajbati.
1886.
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TWENTY-TWO MUSI'
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is,
the longer and narrower the
more acute the sound
is
it gives,
but principally from the head of
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To resume the
description
according to the Sanskrit authori
ties. The sound produced in the
chest is termed Mandra, that in
the throat is called Madhya, and
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of the Hindus, 11
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called because it is perceptible
to the organ of hearing.
The classical authorities are
divided in their views on the
subject of Srutis. According to
some, Srutis are of two kinds
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ni; (10) m\k; (11) TJtpate ; (12)
Anunasika ; (13) Ghoshavati ;
(14) Nilanadi; (15) A'vartani;
(16) Ranad&; (17) Ekagam-
bhird; (18) Dirghatar&; (19)
Mdini; (20) Mandraja; (21)
Suprasannd; and (22) Ninada.
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Hindus.
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of the 17
vessel Sushumnd-ndri*
called
round which are arranged in a
crooked way twenty-two very
minute arteries. The vital air,
referred to in the preceding
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lows :
Take a Setdr or a Vind ; mea
sure the distance between the
Sharja (C)of the Madhya (mid
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Srutis.
C Sharja
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(Tonic) Ti'vra 1.
_|
Kumudvati 2.
Manda 3.
Chhaudovatf 4.
DRishabha (Super
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Dayavatl 5.
Touic)
Kanjani 6.
Ratika 7.
E GIndhaea
(Medi Raudii 8.
ant)
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of the Hindus.
(Madanti)
(A).
The place indicated by the
position of the twenty-first Sruti
{Ugrd) represents Nishdda (B).
The annexed Table ex
plains the position of the Srutis
with reference to the Diapason.
Great difference of opinion
"
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I The Twenty-two Musical Srutis
S
lowered by two.
There is only one Sruti be
tween Gdndhdra and Madhyama,
But, according to usage, the latter
is never lowered. It is raised,
i. e., it is made sharp.
32 The Twenty-two Musical Srutis
* By the Author.
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The Twenty-two Musical Srutit
CONCLUDING REMARKS.
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86 The Twenty-two Musical Srutis
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of tlie Hindus. 37
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of the Hindus. 39
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The Twenty-two Musical Srutis
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of the Hindus, 41
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this city,
Calcutta,
tuning forks.
March 1886.
)
of
the
S.
Hindus.
M. TAGORE.
45
NO. Ex.
Fbom
C. S. BAYLEY, Esq., o. b.,
Under-Secretary to the Government of India.
To
Rajah Sib SOURINDRO MOHUN TAQORE,
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Kt., O. I. E.,
Calcutta, the 29th December 1885.
Sib,
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....
Copy of letter, dated .
10th November 1885, subject of the preparation
from Mr. Ellis to the .
Royal Commissioners f a set of
#
tuning forks
<
Kensington, London, W.
B B
'St
48 APPENDIX.
s 5
APPKNU1X. 49
Dear Sir,
Assuming that it is intended to illustrate fully
the remarkable Music of India at the Indian and
Colonial Exhibition 1886, I beg respectfully to
suggest through you to the lioyal Commission,
that any exhibit will be incomplete, unless means
are taken to determine the complex Indian divi
sion of the octave into Srutis, presumed to be un
equal, and that the only certain means of doing so
50 APPENDIX.
to the Indian
is to cause 23 forks to be tuned
intermediate tones
middle Saptdka or septime, the
and the octave of the lowest
note.
in
Also I would suggest that the only person
a set of forks
India fit to superintend such
that they are correct, is
and pronounce
Rajah SourindroMohun Tagore, Musical Doctor,
of the Indian Empire,
Companion of the Order
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(Sd.) J. R. ROYLE.
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