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Ragamala paintings are a form of Indian miniature painting, a set of illustrative paintings of the Ragamala or "Garland of Ragas", depicting variations of the Indian musical modes called ragas. They stand as a classical example of the amalgamation of art, poetry and classical music in medieval India. Ragamala paintings were created in most ...
Ragmala, alternatively spelt as Raagmala or Ragamala (Punjabi: ਰਾਗਮਾਲਾ ; pronounced rāgmālā,) is a composition of twelve verses (sixty lines) that names various raga. These raga appear in the saroops of Guru Granth Sahib , after the compositions of Guru Arjan entitled Mundavani (ਮੁੰਦਾਵਣੀ; meaning "The Royal Seal".)
Palkuriki Somanatha was one of the most noted Telugu language writers of the 12th or 13th century. He was also an accomplished writer in the Kannada and Sanskrit languages and penned several classics in those languages. [1] He was a Veerashaiva a follower of the 12th century social reformer Basava and his writings were primarily intended to ...
Keeravani. Keeravani (pronounced keeravāṇi) is a rāgam in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is the 21st Melakarta rāgam in the 72 melakarta rāgam system of Carnatic music. The 21st melakarta rāgam as per Muthuswami Dikshitar school of music is Kiraṇāval̥i. This rāgam is a popular scale in western ...
Vijayanagara literature was produced in the Vijayanagara Empire during a golden age of literature in South India in general. The rulers patronised Kannada, Telugu, Sanskrit and Tamil scholars who wrote in the Jain, Virashaiva and Vaishnava traditions. The period produced hundreds of works on all aspects of Indian culture, religion, biographies ...
Ragamala or Raga mala ("garland of raga") can refer to: Ragmala, composition of twelve verses in the Guru Granth Sahib. Ragamala Dance Company, Minneapolis-based dance company that showcases the ancient Bharatanatyam dance form. Ragamala paintings, series of illustrative paintings of ragas (modes in Indian music)
Vidyaranya (IAST: Vidyāraṇya), usually identified with Mādhavācārya, was the jagadguru of the Sringeri Sharada Peetham from ca. 1374–1380 [1][2][3] until 1386 - according to tradition, after ordination at an old age, he took the name of Vidyaranya, and became the Jagadguru of this Matha at Sringeri. [3][4] Madhavacharya is known as the ...
Author. Shivakotiacharya. Period. 6th to 9th century. Vaddaradhane by Shivakotiacharya is the earliest extant prose work in Kannada. It is a didactic work consisting of nineteen stories and is based on Harisena 's Brhatkathakosa. The work is also known for mentioning the precursor to modern idli called iddalige prepared using black gram batter.