Ragamala, Rāgamālā, Raga-mala, Rāgamala: 8 definitions
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Ragamala means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, the history of ancient India, Marathi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
India history and geography
Rāgamālā (रागमाला) is the name of a work ascribed to Puṇḍarīkaviṭṭhala (16th century): a well known scholar in music as well as in Dharmaśāstra, Alaṅkāraśāstra and chandas whose erudite scholarship has touched the height of excellence, which can be judged only from his compositions (e.g., Rāga-mālā). Also see “New Catalogus Catalogorum” XII. p. 109; also XXIX. p. 86.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
rāgamālā (रागमाला) [or रागमालिका, rāgamālikā].—f (S) pop. rāgamāḷā & rāgamāḷikā f A kind of song,--a string of tunes or portions of the several musical modes. 2 An instrument constructed, on being wound up or turned, to give forth these notes. Applied also to a Piano forte.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
1) Rāgamālā (रागमाला) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—Pheh. 5.
—by Kṣemakarṇa, composed in 1570. Io. 1516. Oxf. 201^b. Bik. 516.
—by Jīvarāja Dīkṣita. L. 2509.
—by Puṇḍarīkaviṭṭhala. Bik. 515.
2) Rāgamālā (रागमाला):—mus. by Puṇḍarīkaviṭṭhala. Rgb. 1026.
3) Rāgamālā (रागमाला):—jy. Oudh. Xx, 130.
4) Rāgamālā (रागमाला):—music. Peters. 6, 384 (printed Dakṣaṇī^0).
—by Kṣemakarṇa. As p. 160.
—by Jīvarāja Dīkṣita. Peters. 6, 349.
Rāgamālā (रागमाला):—[=rāga-mālā] [from rāga] f. ‘string or series of musical Rāgas’, Name of various works.
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Pali-English dictionary
rāgamala (ရာဂမလ) [(na) (န)]—
[rāga+mala]
[ရာဂ+မလ]
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
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