“The last pages of the Kartarpur Beerh do not suggest, either because of the presence of blank spaces, or scoring out, or obliteration hortal, or otherwise, that there was or could have been the least intention to write these hymns in the Granth. Mali-Gaura is not included in Raagmala but Gaura is. These are: Bihagara, Wadahans, Manjh, Jaitsri, Ramkali, Tukhari, Prabhati and Jaijawanti. There are eight raags that are utilised in Guru Granth Sahib that have not been mentioned in the Raagmala. Thus, there exists a number of such lists in the music text books of India.Ĭontroversy Sikh Ragamala paintings from the last page of an illustrated Guru Granth Sahib, which carries the last verse of the Ragmala in a tiny circle. This list differs according to the author and the music school it is based upon. "Mala" means "garland", while "Raga" is a "musical composition or mode", which has also given rise to the series of Ragamala paintings. The title literally means a 'garland of Ragas, or musical melodies'. Ragmala, alternatively spelt as Raagmala or Ragamala ( Punjabi: ਰਾਗਮਾਲਾ ( Gurmukhi) pronounced rāgmālā), is a composition of twelve verses, running into sixty lines that names various ragas, which appears in most saroops of Guru Granth Sahib after the compositions of Guru Arjan entitled Mundavani (ਮੁੰਦਾਵਣੀ meaning "The Royal Seal").
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