Write an essay on raghini?
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Indian music is very unique in that, it is highly spiritual in nature. The singer/artist tries to reach God through his music. Like all the other Indian classical Performing Arts, classical music too, is a journey of the Jeevatma or the soul towards the Paramatma or the Divine.
As they say, ‘Western music moves the heart, while Indian music moves the soul’.
“Geetam Vadyam Nrithyam Trayam Sangeetam Uchyatey”
This phrase in Sanskrit implies that the word ‘Sangeetam’ or music includes the practice of Geetam (Vocal Music), Vadyam (Instrumental Music) and Nrithyam (Dance).
‘Sangeeta sadhana’, or the practice of such music, is the key to attaining the Divine, according to Indian music.
India’s rich cultural system is made up of the silken fabric of dance and music. Both the pure Classical Indian forms as well as folklore rely heavily on one aspect of Sangeetam – the nada. The nada can be defined as sound or more specifically, as resonance.
“Ananda lakshanam anahata namnee deyshey
nadatmana parinatam thoo aroopam eeshey
prachnan mukheyna manasA paricheeya manam
samshanti nethra salilai: pulakaischa dhanyA:”
This Sanskrit sloka describes the nada. It says, “The true nature of nada is bliss. The source of this Divine Energy is the anahata chakra, which is situated in the heart region. This chakra or spiritual center is the seat of the Primeval Sound, ‘aum’, the creator of the world. This Divine Energy is formless and can be perceived only through mystical experiences. So state the great seers, in an extremely ecstatic state, shedding ceaseless tears of joy”.
According to Sarangadeva of Sangeeta Ratnakara fame, nada is produced thus:
- The Atma or the soul desiring to speak or sing, stirs the mind.
- The mind strikes the fire residing in the body.
- The fire strikes the wind in the body.
- The wind residing in the Brahmagranthi and rising along the upward path, manifests successively on the navel, heart, throat, head and mouth.
Thus the nada is produced by the conjuction of prana or life-force (‘nA’) and anala or fire (‘da’).