3. The 痴颈峁ａ箛耻诲丑补谤尘辞迟迟补谤补辫耻谤腻峁嘺 and Modern Music

Vishnudharmottara Purana (Art and Architecture)

by Bhagyashree Sarma | 2021 | 59,457 words

This page relates 鈥楾he Vishnudharmottarapurana and Modern Music鈥� of the study on the elements of Art and Architecture according to the Vishnudharmottara Purana: an ancient text whose third book deals with various artisan themes such as Architecture, Painting, Dance, Grammar, etc. Many chapters are devoted to Hindu Temple architecture and the iconography of Deities and their installation rites and ceremonies.

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3. The 痴颈峁ａ箛耻诲丑补谤尘辞迟迟补谤补辫耻谤腻峁嘺 and Modern Music

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Indian classical Music is highly influenced by the 狈腻峁瓂补艣腻蝉迟谤补, the 厂补峁僩墨迟补谤补迟苍腻办补谤补 etc. As the 痴颈峁ａ箛耻诲丑补谤尘辞迟迟补谤补辫耻谤腻峁嘺 follows the 狈腻峁瓂补艣腻蝉迟谤补 in a great extent, this work also influences somehow the Indian classical Music. Actually the elements of Music such as the seven notes viz. 峁岣峧补, 峁涐梗补产丑补, 驳腻苍诲丑腻谤补 etc., 迟腻苍补, 尘奴谤肠肠丑补苍腻 etc. as found in the 痴颈峁ａ箛耻诲丑补谤尘辞迟迟补谤补辫耻谤腻峁嘺 are regarded as the primary components of Indian Music.^[1] Moreover, the 痴颈峁ａ箛耻诲丑补谤尘辞迟迟补谤补辫耻谤腻峁嘺 catagorises string instrument, wind instrument, solid instrument and percussion instrument as tata, 蝉耻峁谤补, ghana and avanaddha respectively. The pictures of some modern instruments, which fall under these four categories are shown here.

Figures:
String Instruments: Guitar^[2] , Violin^[3] ;
Wind Instruments: Flute^[4] , Trumpet^[5] ;
Solid Instrument: Bell^[6] ;
Percussion Instrument: Tabla^[7] .

Moreover, some indigenous instruments of Assam can also be classified under these four kinds of instruments as stated in the 痴颈峁ａ箛耻诲丑补谤尘辞迟迟补谤补辫耻谤腻峁嘺. Instruments like dot膩r膩 falls under the category of tata i.e., string instrument. Instruments like pep膩, gagan膩, sutul墨 etc. fall under the category of 蝉耻峁谤补 i.e., wind instrument. ma帽jir膩, bhort膩l and khutit膩l are three kinds of 迟腻濒补, fall under the category of ghana i.e., solid kind of instrument. Moreover, an instrument named 峁璦办腻, made of bamboo also can be regarded as ghana kind of instrument. Instruments like bihudhol, khol, dab膩, dagar, n膩g膩r膩 etc. are avanaddha kind of instrument. The pictures of these indigenous instruments of Assam are shown here.

Figures: Pep膩^[8] , Gagan膩^[9] , Sutul墨, Bhort膩l^[10] , Bihudhol^[11] , Dot膩r膩^[12] , 峁琣k膩^[13] .