The music of South Asia

16th century abhoga accompanied aksaras alapa anupallavi arati barrel-drum Baul beats Bengal Bhagavata Purana bhakti carana Carnatic music Caturabhuja Dasa century A.D. composition cymbals Dagar dance deity devotional music dhamara dhrupada dhruva divine ensemble example festival flute frame drum genre gharana Gita Gita Govinda Govinda haridasa improvisation India Indian classical music Indian music kettledrum khyala kirtana Krsna krti Kuckertz Lord matras melody instrument melody types meter metric music practice music tradition musical form musical instruments musical style musicians Natyas'astra North Indian North Indian classical North Indian music notation notes pada pakhavaja pallavi played poetic prabandha present Purandara Purandara Dasa Radha raga rasa rasalila recitation referred religious rendered repertoire ritual samaja samajagayana samcari samgita Samgitaratnakara samkirtana Sampradaya Sanskrit scale sections singing South Asia stanzas sthayi strings structure sung Svami syllables tala Tamil temple music temple of Radharamana tempo Vaisnava Vaisnava temples Vallabhite vasanta verse vina vocal Vraja Vrindaban