Pancha Marapu

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Pancha Marapu (Tamil: பஞ்சமரபு pañcamarapu) is a 10th century Tamil treatise on musical theory, written by Aṟivaṉār. The work is one of the isaittamiḻ texts referred to in Atiyarkkunallar's commentary on the Silappadhikaram. Although it was long believed to be lost, a manuscript was discovered in the latter half of the twentieth century, and partially published in 1973.[1] A revised edition has since been published.[2]

The text deals with the music, musical instruments and percussion instruments (muḻavu)[3] of that period, and ennumerates nine divisions of Tamil music, namely, cindu, cavalai, tiripatai, camapātaviruttam, centuṟai, veṇṭuṟai, peruntēvappāṇi, ciruntēvappāṇi, and vaṇṇam. [4]

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Zvelebil, Kamil (1992). Companion Studies to the History of Tamil Literature. Leiden: Brill, 83. ISBN 9004093656. 
  2. ^ Sundaram, V.P.K. (1991). Pancha Marapu, 2nd, The South India Saiva Siddhantha Works Publishing Society. 
  3. ^ Kuppuswami, T. V.; T. K. Venkata Subramanian (1993). Rhythm in historical cognition. Delhi: Kalinga Publications, 9-11. ISBN 8185163340. 
  4. ^ Ramanathan, S. (1979). Music in Cilappatikaaram. Madurai: Madurai-Kamaraj University, 57.