Sarngadeva
Also: Sharngadeva
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- Period
- 13th century
- Language(s)
- Sanskrit
Biography
A scholar from a Kashmiri Brahmin family that moved south, who wrote under King Simhana (reigned 1210 to 1247) of the Yadava dynasty, whose capital was Devagiri.
Notable contributions
Author of the Sangita Ratnakara, a comprehensive treatise on the notes, microtones, ragas and talas of its time, which both Carnatic and Hindustani traditions treat as authoritative.
Notable works (titles only)
- Sangita Ratnakara (treatise)
References for this page
- Sangita Ratnakara — Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · free why useful