The Social and Historical Values of Ragas and Raginis Vol. 1
Swami Prajnanananda
Indian music is spiritual and divine in character. The ragas and raginis are mainly used to please Gods and Goddesses and ask for their blessings. In this book are described two raginis, Kanada and Todi, with their intricate arrangements of notations.
Learning and wisdom are superfluities, the surface glitter merely, but it is the heart that is the seat of all power. It is not in the brain but in the heart that the Atman, possessed of knowledge, power, and activity, has its seat.
-Swami Vivekananda