List of Carnatic music treatises
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Sruti • Swara • Raga • Tala • Melakarta • Asampurna Melakarta • Glossary |
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Varnam • Kriti • Geetham • Swarajati • Ragam Thanam Pallavi • Thillana |
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melody: Vocals • Saraswati veena • Venu • Violin • Chitra veena • Nadaswaram • Mandolin rhythm: Mridangam • Ghatam • Morsing • Kanjira • Thavil drone: Tambura • Shruti box |
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These are books on Carnatic music considered authoritative[who?] and necessary for a serious study of Carnatic music and its evolution. Most of them are in Sanskrit, and some even date from before the Christian era. A list of them are available below.
- Sangeetha Ratnakara - Sarangadeva
- Sangeetha Sampradaya Pradarshini - Subbarama Dikshitar
- Sangeetha Chandrikai - Manikka Mudaliar
- Swaramela Kalanidhi - Ramamatya
- Natya Shastra - Bharata Muni
- Chaturdandi Prakasika - Venkatamakhin
- Sangeetha Makaranda - Narada
- Raga Vibodha - Somanatha
- Raga Lakshana - Shahji
- Sangeetha Sudha - Govinda Dikshitar
- Sangeetha Swaraprastara Sagaramu - Nadamuni Pandithar
- Sangraha Choodamani - Govindacharya
- Sangeetha Sudhakara - Haripala Deva
- Sangeethasara - Vidyaranya
- Sri Tatwanidhi - Krishnaraja Wodeyar III (with iconography)
- Swara Chudamani - Krishnaraja Wodeyar III
- Sara Sangraha Bharata - Krishnaraja Wodeyar III (dance)
- Sangeeta Kalpadrumam - Muthiah Bhagavatar
- Geeta Gopala - Chikka Devaraja Wodeyar
