List of Carnatic music treatises
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These are books on Carnatic music considered authoritative and necessary for a serious study of Carnatic music and its evolution. Most of them are in Sanskrit, and some even date from before the Christian era. A list of them are available below.
- Sangeetha Ratnakara - Sarangadeva
- Sangeetha Sampradaya Pradarshini - Subbarama Dikshitar
- Sangeetha Chandrikai - Manikka Mudaliar
- Swaramela Kalanidhi - Ramamatya
- Natya Shastra - Bharata Muni
- Chaturdandi Prakasika - Venkatamakhin
- Sangeetha Makaranda - Narada
- Raga Vibodha - Somanatha
- Raga Lakshana - Shahji
- Sangeetha Sudha - Govinda Dikshitar
- Sangeetha Swaraprastara Sagaramu - Nadamuni Pandithar
- Sangraha Choodamani - Govindacharya
- Sangeetha Sudhakara - Haripala Deva
- Sangeethasara - Vidyaranya
- Sri Tatwanidhi - Krishnaraja Wodeyar III (with iconography)
- Swara Chudamani - Krishnaraja Wodeyar III
- Sara Sangraha Bharata - Krishnaraja Wodeyar III (dance)
- Sangeeta Kalpadrumam - Muthiah Bhagavatar
- Geeta Gopala - Chikka Devaraja Wodeyar
