INDIAN MUSICOLOGY

REVISITED

“ SADJA-GRAMA
”
SCHEME
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 AS PER BHARATA Muni,
SADJA-GRAMA
SCHEME IS THE

EARLIEST FORMAT INHERITED

by us
DIRECTLY from the
SAMA VEDA
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 EARLY MUSICIANS
PERCEIVED ‘MUSIC’
TO CONSIST OF
ONLY ‘7’
TONEs (SWARAs),
namely …. ,
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 PRONOUNCED AS

SADJA = ‘S’ (Sa)

RISHABHA = ‘R’ (Ri)
GANDHARA = ‘G’ (Ga)
MADHYAMA = ‘M’ (Ma)
PANCHAMA = ‘P’ (Pa)
DHAIVATA = ‘D’ (Dha)
NISHADA = ‘N’ (Ni)

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 SADJA-GRAMA
LOWER UPPER
LIMIT LIMIT
OCTAVE

S S'

R3 G2 M4 P4 D3 N2 S' 4

3 4
2 2
4 3
4

THESEVEN
SWARAS 5
ARE GIVEN IN
 SADJA-GRAMA
LOWER UPPER
LIMIT LIMIT
OCTAVE

S R G M P D N S'

R3 G2 M4 P4 D3 N2 S' 4

3 4
2 2
4 3
4

EACH SWARA HAS UNIQUE SRUTI-CONTENT

A
AND THESE ARE NOT EQUAL
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 SADJA-GRAMA
LOWER UPPER
LIMIT LIMIT
OCTAVE

(D) 16

(D) 18
(P) 13

(S’)22
(M) 9
(G) 5
(R) 3
(S) 0

R3 G2 M4 P4 D3 N2 S' 4

3 4
2 2
4 3
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THESE ARE THE
“SEATs”
FOR EACH SWARA 7
 SADJA-GRAMA
LOWER UPPER
LIMIT LIMIT
OCTAVE

S S'

R3 G2 M4 P4 D3 N2 S' 4

3 4
2 2
4 3
4

EACH SWARA HAS ‘LOWER’ and

‘UPPER’
LIMITS FOR IT’s SRUTI-CONTENT 8
 SADJA-GRAMA SCHEME
(A SIMPLIFIED REPRESENTATION )

SWARA-RANGE “SEAT” OF
SWARA
FROM TO THE SWARA

SADJA (LOWER) -18.00 0.00 0.00

RISHABHA 0.00 3.00 3.00
GANDHARA 3.00 5.00 5.00
MADHYAMA 5.00 9.00 9.00
PANCHAMA 9.00 13.00 13.00
DHAIVATA 13.00 16.00 16.00
NISHADA 16.00 18.00 18.00
SADJA’ (UPPER) 18.00 22.00 22.00
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 this is the
‘TRADITIONAL VIEW’
About
SADJA-GRAMA

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 What does
my research work
Reveal ?

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 ‘Ancients’ of the
WEST as well as the EAST
Worshipped Numbers
From ‘1’ to ‘12’
As ‘SACRED’

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 When Numbers
From ‘1’ to ‘12’
Are analyzed mathematically
Only ‘22’ fractions
Can be formulated

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 I had transformed these
22 fractions
into the Tonal domain
And assigned values
In an octave calibrated
Into 22 equal segments

(Please see the results In the tabular format)

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 continued

SERIAL FRACTION SRUTI SERIAL FRACTION SRUTI

VALUE VALUE

1/1 0.00 12 11/8 10.11

1 12/11 2.76 13 7/5 10.68
2 11/10 3.03 14 10/7 11.32
3 10/9 3.34 15 3/2 12.87
4 9/8 3.74 16 11/7 14.35
5 8/7 4.24 17 8/5 14.92
6 7/6 4.89 18 5/3 16.21
7 6/5 5.79 19 12/7 17.11
8 11/9 6.37 20 7/4 17.76
9 5/4 7.08 21 9/5 18.66
10 9/7 7.98 22 11/6 19.24
11 4/3 9.13 2/1 22.00 15
 I found that the
‘sruti values’
Indicated in RED colour
Were very close to the
‘Traditional Sruti values’ of
The Sadja-grama format
(Please see the following table)

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 continued

Traditional Traditional
SRUTI SRUTI
SERIAL FRACTION Sadja-grama SERIAL FRACTION Sadja-grama
VALUE VALUE
values values

1/1 0.00 0.00 12 11/8 10.11

1 12/11 2.76 3.00 13 7/5 10.68
2 11/10 3.03 3.00 14 10/7 11.32
3 10/9 3.34 15 3/2 12.87 13.00
4 9/8 3.74 16 11/7 14.35
5 8/7 4.24 17 8/5 14.92
6 7/6 4.89 5.00 18 5/3 16.21 16.00
7 6/5 5.79 19 12/7 17.11
8 11/9 6.37 20 7/4 17.76 18.00
9 5/4 7.08 21 9/5 18.66
10 9/7 7.98 22 11/6 19.24
11 4/3 9.13 9.00 2/1 22.00 22.00
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 I interpreted that the
‘Traditional Sruti values’
of Sadja-grama
Were the “ROUNDED - OFF”
Values of six tones
Belonging to the family of
“22 Fractions”

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 The first thought
That would appeal to a
‘Rational’ mind is that
It is a mere
“CO-INCIDENCE”

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 I researched further
In the realms of
What is known as
‘Madhyama-grama’ and ‘Murchanas’
To discover and get
Convinced that Some
“MASTER-HAND”
Had conceptualized this ‘DESIGN’

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 I HOPE
MY VIEWER IS WITH ME
ON THIS
VERY ‘SIGNIFICANT’
DEVELOPMENT ??

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 I AM
TALKING ABOUT

BETWEEN TWO

TOTALLY UNRELATED
ENTITIES ??

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 THE ‘22 - FRACTIONS”
BASED ON AN
ANCIENT CULTURE
( AND DETERMINED BY USING
CONTEMPORARY MATHEMATICS )

Vis-à-vis
ANCIENT INDIAN ‘SHASTRAs’
OF MUSIC ??
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 To know more details
On my relevant research work
on ‘Madhyama-grama’
And ‘Murchanas’,
Please read my blog
Exclusively made for these subjects.

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