Author: Swami Prajnanananda
Publisher: Ramakrishna Vedanta Math
Year: 1990
Language: multilingual
Pages: 547
ISBN/UPC (if available): NA
Description
VOLUME I:
This volume contains discussions on primitive music, prehistoric music and Vedic music of Ancient India. Music and music materials of ancient India have paved the glorious path of the epitome of Art and Culture of Indian Music. The Indian peoples look back to the prosperous days of their cultural past and march forward for making the future bright and worth-full.
VOLUME II:
In this volume the author has critically discussed the Rig-Veda and the Sama-Veda as viewed, by the celebrated Commentator Sayana; the Samhita of the Sama-Veda which has particularly mentioned about the Sama-sacrifices and the Samaganas; the Riktantra, the Samatantra, the Pratisakhya of the Sama-Veda along with different types of Ganas, Purvarchika, Uttararchika, Uha and Uhya; the Brahmanas like Samavidhana, Panchavimsa, Arseya, Daivatadhaya, Upanisad- Brahmana, etc. All this history of Music in Ancient India has been discussed most authentically by the world-renowned author giving detailed references and numerous plates.
Contents
VOLUME ONE:
THE PRELUDE
Chapter One:
Introduction
Chapter Two:
Study of the Primitive Tribes and Their Racial
Anthropology
Chapter Three:
Ethnological study of the Aboriginal Tribes of India
Chapter Four:
Music in the Primitive Time
Chapter Five:
Existing Tribal Dance and Music
Appendix
Indus Valley in the Calcolithic and Bronze Age
Chapter Six:
Music in the Vedic Time
Chapter Seven:
The Sama-Veda (Book of the Vedic songs)
Appendix I
Appendix II
Appendix III
Bibliography
VOLUME TWO:
Preface
Chapter One
Introduction
Chapter Two
The Characteristics of the Rgveda and the
Sama-Veda as viewed by Sayana
Chapter Three
Music in the introduction to Sama-Veda
By Sayana
Chapter Four
Music in the Rktantra
Chapter Five
Music and the Samatantra or Pupasutra,
The Pratiskhya of the Sama-Veda
Chapter Six
Music in the Samatantra and the Sama-Vidhana-
Bhrahmana
Chapter Seven
Music in the Mantra-Brahmana
Chapter Eight
Music in the Panchavimsa-Brahmana
Chapter Nine
Music in the Rk-Pratisakhya
Chapter Ten
Music in the Taittiriya-Pratisakhya
Chapter Eleven
Music in the Sukla-Yaju-Pratisakhya
Chapter Twelve
Music in the Siksas
Chapter Thirteen
Music in the Yajnavalkya-Siksa
Chapter Fourteen
Music in the Manduki-Siksa
Chapter Fifteen
Music in the Panniya-Siksa
Chapter Sixteen
The Vedic Music Samaganas and their Methods
Of playing
Chapter Seventeen
Musical Instruments in Vedic and Ancient India
Bibliography