Sarngadeva and His Sangita-ratnakara Proceedings of the Seminar Varanasi, 1994
- Reprinted 2016
- New Delhi Sangeet Natak Akademi 2016
- 359
The Sangeet Natak Akademi had organised a seminar which was centered on Sarngdeva's Sangita-ratnakara, the most important text of sangitasastra. This seminar was held in Varanasi in February 1994, although originally it was planned to be held in Devagiri fort, the place where Sarngdeva lived and worked. The above seminar was divided into five sections as follows: 1) Historicity and Interdisciplinary Approach 2) Indebtedness and Impact 3) Textual Criticism 4) Critical Appraisal of the Treatment of Important Concepts and Forms 5) Reconstruction of Instruments/ Forms of music/ Dance and Discovery of Links with Oral Tradition