Lexicographical Neighbors of Raginis
Literary usage of Raginis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Studies in the Bhagavad Gîtâ by The Dreamer: The Yoga of Discrimination by Bhagavan Das (1902)
"The Ragas sub-divide into sub-tones called raginis, each having distinctive ...
The subtle harmony which exists between the Raga and the raginis is not ..."
2. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1809)
"He adds that the Ragas and raginis are fixed respectively to particular seasons
of the year and times of the night or day ; that this custom has been ..."
3. History of the British Colonies by Robert Montgomery Martin (1835)
"Parvati, his wife, constructed the sixth ; and the thirty raginis were ...
'A considerable difficulty is found in setting to music the rags and raginis, ..."
4. Translation of the Letters of a Hindoo Rajah: Written Previous To, and by Elizabeth Hamilton (1811)
"This variety, like the raginis which preside over music,* served but to render
harmony more pleasing. The senior officers smiled at the playful vivacity of ..."
5. The Prema-Sâgara: Or, Ocean of Love by Kavi Lal, Chaturbhuja Miṣra, kavi Lallū Lālu, Frederic Pincott, Edward Backhouse Eastwick (1897)
"There are six Rags, or principal modes, and each of these has five dependent
methods, or raginis. Sometimes the total number is reckoned as thirty-two. ..."
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