Ragacikitsa : Music Therapy

Contents: Acknowledgements. Preface. Key to transliteration. I. Margi Sangita in Upanisadic times: 1. Music and musical terms in 12 Major Upanisads. 2. Svara, surya, svarati, suvarna. 3. Rsabha, rsi, rk. 4. Ananda, rasa, bhava, stobha. 5. Yoga and Ayurveda in Upanisads related to protomusic. 6. Linguistic and graphic representations of numbers and notations. 7. Reference to musical instruments in India. 8. Sama. 9. Madhunadi. II. Emotion, aesthetics, bioenergy fields: a brief introduction of the archetypal/historical/living singer effect in the Indian psyche: 1. Melakartaragas of Saint Tyagaraja. 2. Geodesic of music. 3. The secret seven and famous five, the phi of Tripurasundari, the Goddess of music and of nature. 4. Western and Eastern concepts in history. 5. Classical aesthetics-definitions. 6. DNA spiral as a golden section. III. Indian aesthetics: the personal and impersonal: 1. Attractive voice and good tonal quality. 2. What is Rasa? IV. Conclusion. Index.

"This book deals with the philosophical, historical, descriptive and experimental aspects of music therapy. Taking a close look at the eastern and the western perceptions of music therapy, it views the Margi Tradition of music and its origin in the Veda.

Further explaining the archetypal, historical and living singer effect, with special focus on Rama, Krishna, Tyagaraja, Meera, Yesudas and Subbalaxmi, it discusses at length the origins of the Desi (local) tradition of India with Matanga\'s Brihaddesi. Also, it presents an inter-disciplinary comparative study of both modern and ancient concepts of astronomy, Yoga, Psychology, medicine, music, philosophy and cultural heritage."