Sāṃgītadarpaṇa, 1787; सांगीतदर्पण,१७८७

Name:

Harivallabha, active 18th century

Date:

1787

Description:

Treatise discussing the aesthetics of music and the identification of various musical notes with different Hindu deities (such as Śiva and Agni); this Hindi work comments on and paraphrases the Sanskrit work of the same title Sāṃgītadarpaṇa by Dāmodara, and should not be confused with same; includes some numerical diagrams.

Language:

Hindi

Subject:

Rāṭhī, Dāmodaradāsa, 17th century. Sāṃgītadarpaṇa; Hindu music; Hindustani music -- India; Hindustani music; Music -- India -- Philosophy and aesthetics; Music; Music -- India -- History and criticism

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Commentaries; Diagrams; Treatises; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (62 leaves) : paper; 25 x 22 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Title from title colophon (f. 59r).; Written in 16-18 lines per leaf.; 62 leaves foliated [i-ii], 1-59, [i], upper left verso.; Colophon: iti śrīsāṃgītadarpaṇasamāptam // [sa]ṃbat 1844 (f. 59r).; Dated saṃvat 1844 (1787) (f. 59r).; Mistakes covered blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.; Non-Latin script record.; In Hindi (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Indic 8