Module 6
Geethams
The first compositions: short, sung straight through, and the point at which words arrive — in Kannada, Sanskrit and Telugu, each shown in its own script with a transliteration beside it.
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- 6.1 What a geetham is, and the two kinds
Core · 2 h
- 6.2 Sahitya: words, and the language they are in
Core · 2 h
- 6.3 The first geethams, in Malahari
Core · 3 h
- 6.4 More Malahari geethams
Core · 3 h
- 6.5 Geethams beyond Malahari
Core · 3 h
- 6.6 Lakshana geethams: a raga describing itself
Core · 2 h