Prasanggo : Raag prakar/ প্রসঙ্গ : রাগ-প্রকার

Abstract

If we try to research the evolution of ragas and ragini by churning out the famous texts of ancient Indian music, we will definitely come to the conclusion that the first song in ancient times was 'Gandharbo rag' or 'Marg Raga', and later in the post-Christian era, Desi Raga emerged. The types of Gandharva or Marga ragas are: - 1) Gram-ragas, 2) Upo-ragas, 3) Bhasha-Vibhasha-Antarbhasha ragas. On the other hand, there were different types of regional ragas - 'raganga', 'kriyaanga', 'pure salag-sankirna', etc. The ancient Gandharva ragas were performed in two ways. For example- a) In songs with one object called 'Dhruba' b) In songs with one to seven objects called 'Prakaran'. But the native ragas were used in songs with 'Prabandho' or 'Pada', where there were two to four 'dhatus' (Udgraha, Melapak, Dhruba and Avoga). Since raga was used in 'Prabhandagan', 'alapti' or 'alap', that is, the unbounded form of raga, was necessarily expressed.