Sangītaśiromani

Sangitasiromani refers to a medieval handbook of Indian Music, the “Crest-Jewel of Music”, written in 1428 A.D.  Ancient north Indian treatises, such as the SANGITASIROMANI and the RG VEDA were concerned with relationships between human existence and ancient structures of affect that ruled the planets and our expressions.  The result of the systems that were developed had robustness whether the stimuli encompassed words, music, movement or theater. The system of tonal associations as described in the SANGITASIROMANI is shown below.  The correspondence between the elements is regulated according to prominent tonal centers within music.  In this composition diatonic tonal centers are not utilized, but centers of attraction are suggested.  These centers are identified according to the distribution of the svara over 22 ?ruti.