NO. 61. — 1908.] KANDYAN MUSIC. 



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There are 14 vrittas, namely : — 



(1) Gi, (2) Piumgi, (3) Matwalagi, (4) Umatugi, (5) Kaugi, 

 (6) Bamaragi, (7) Yagi, (8) Dunnagagi, (9) Yongi, (10) 

 Karika ,(11) Wamatatohalgi, (12) Sandrastaka, (13) Ndtakagi 

 (14) Sasupulatagi. 



A gi has 42 instants. 



A piumgi has 41 instants. 



A matwalagi has 37 instants. 



An umatugi has 38 instants. 



A has 40 instants. 



A bamaragi has 42 instants. 



A has 42 instants. 



A dunnagagi has 44 instants. 



A yongi has 40 instants. 



A karikagi has 41 instants. * 



A dakunutohalgi has 41 instants. 



A sandrastaka has 42 instants. 



A wamatatohalgi has 41 instants. 



There are 14 chandas, namely, Sanda-siri, Medum, Pihiti, 

 Supihiti, Utu, Sel, Gaja, Rendi, Raulu, Tenet, Hiru, Mi, and 

 Madu. Each has a given number of vrittas, and these by 

 spreading the rythm may be increased to any number of tunes 

 or tala. Those given in the chandas by Bhadra run up to 

 thousands. Apart from those coming under the above rules 

 there are other vritta for the formation of which special rules 

 are provided. It is impossible to give a correct idea of these, 

 nay even of the chandas, in a short Paper such as this 

 purports to be. 



The Panchaturiya Ndda, or the fivefold kinds of music — the 

 origin of all music and musical instruments — is the Atana, 

 Vitana, Ghanaya, Seshiraya, Mrija, Vina, six in number. 



Atata means to spread, or atanka, sound of a drum or tabor ; 

 vitata, stringed instrument ; ghana, a cymbal, a bell, a brazen 

 or composite metallic musical instrument which is struck as 

 a clock, or a mode of dancing neither quick nor slow 

 seshira, a wind instrument ; vina, a lute. 



