Ocean of Music, Volume 1

drawn upon profusely, as authority, by all subsequent writers on the subject. Perhaps it has superseded many earlier works and obscured them, and they have disappeared from the field. But it has never been superseded till now.

A complete edition of the work was undertaken by Kalīvara Vedāntavāgiśa and Śārada Prasāda Ghosha from Calcutta with the commentary of Siṃhabhūpāla Siṃhabhūpāla was a 14th-century king and scholar who wrote the 'Sudhākara' commentary on this musical treatise. some time back, and the first volume containing the Svarādhyāya The first chapter of the text, focusing on notes and sound. was published in 1879 from the New Arya Press, Calcutta.¹ In the Preface to that edition,² it had been promised that the remaining portions too would be published, but it does not seem that any further progress had been made in that direction. At that time they had access only to a very defective copy of the commentary of Kallinātha A 15th-century commentator known for his exhaustive explanations of musical theory., which, as they say, was “very unintelligible, owing to numerous clerical mistakes.”³ As for Siṃhabhūpāla’s commentary appearing in this edition, there is no indication of the source of the manuscripts. The Preface does not mention the point at all. Evidently they must have had access to a complete copy, since they had projected a complete edition. The manuscripts known to us and utilised for this edition will be noticed in the course of this introduction.

The text of Saṅgītaratnākara Literally "The Ocean of Music," a foundational 13th-century Sanskrit text on Indian music and dance. with the commentary of Kallinātha has been edited in the Anandasrama A famous research institute and publishing house in Pune known for its collection of Sanskrit manuscripts.

¹ The book has become very rare and difficult to obtain.
² p. 11
³ p. iv