Ragmala (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Ragmala Hindi: composite word "R g + m l " (a.k.a. raagmaalaa, ragamala, raga mala - Devanagari pronunciation R gm l . pronounced "a" as in father) means "a garland of ragas." It is often used to specify a collection of ragas as in a book, an article etc. It is also a term used when one composes using many ragas in the same composition. In this context, there are some ragas that lend themselves to this sort of inter-raga fusions such as Raga Piloo, Pahadi, and Bhairavi. It is because over the years, practice of these ragas has its roots embedded in a very important element of raga mixing called Teerobhav and Avirbhav (Hindi: / ). Teerobhav means to conceal and Avirbhava means to reveal. So by mixing an image of a different raga and coming back to the original we exercise the Teerobhav and Avirbhav of the original raga.