The Sangitopanisat-Saroddharah

The Sangitopanisat-Saroddharah is an important medieval text written in 1350. It is attributed to a Jaina scholar – Vacanacarya Sri Sudakalasa and represents distinctive Western Indian and Jaina stream of musicology. Composed about one hundred years subsequent to the great compendium – the Sangita-ratnakara there is significant difference in its approach and treatment of the subject.

The Sangitopanisat-Saroddharah in an in term diary position between the Sangitaratnakara and the later medieval works such as the Nartananirnaya. While epitomizing the Indian phenomenon of an adherence to certain key fundamentals it unfolds and reveals many processes of interaction and of cause’s attention on particular aspects of form and technique. It is also an important text for the change it reflects in understanding the ragas and raginis assigning gender and visualizing an iconography.