A Dissertation on Music - Verse 37

The following are the names of the svaras : Satfja ( Sa), Rsabha ( Ri) , Gandhara (Ga), Madhyama ( Ma), Pahcama (Pa), Dhaivata (Dka), and Nifdda {Ni). These are the seven svaras (notes) . (The Text dealing with Music is corrupt and obscure. An For example, the &z-scale Murcchanas would be : ( 1 ) Sd Ri Ga Ma Pa Dha Ni ( 2 ) Ni Sd Ri Ga Ma Pa Dha (3) Dha Ni Sa Ri Ga Ma Pa etc. The iSa/rtfifl-scale was descending having the notes Ma Ga Ri Sd Dha Ni Pa as per Ndradlya Sifyd (I. 5, 1 and 2). Due to the influence of the Sdmanscale, there was the descending order followed in the case of starting notes of the Murcchanas. Murcchanas served as the basis of different types of songs. They also brought in the notes of the low ( Mandra ), high ( Tdra ) registers ( Sttiana ). If the first Murcchand of the -Affl-scale is rendered taking Ma as the §adja and the remaining notes accordingly, then it would be indicated as ; 4Sa, 3Ri, 4Ga, 4Ma, 2 Pa, 3 Dha, 2JVi=22 Srutis This gives the Gandhara of 4 Srutis called Antara Ga, Its consonant note would be Ni of 4 Srutis called Kdkali Ni. These two were called the Sadharaya notes. Their use was restricted. Their employment was allowed when the songs had two Sruti Ga and two &ruti Ni notes in small measure. The MUrcchamds with these two SddhararLa notes were called Sddharaxfikrla Murcchands.