The Shaping of an Ideal Carnatic Musician Through Sadhana/Pantula Rama. New Delhi, Gyan Pub., 2008, 270 p., ISBN 81-212-0746-0.

    Contents: Acknowledgements. Abstract. 1. Introduction. 2. Objectives of the present study. 3. Methodology. 4. Learning Carnatic Music. 5. Physical practice. 6. Analytical Sadhana of compositions Dhatu and Matu and their Samanvayam. 7. Manodharma Sangeetam. 8. Laya Gnanam. 9. Listening and observation. 10. Lakshana Gnanam as an aid to Lakshya Sadhana. 11. Teaching for self development and to become complete musician. 12. Concert planning and execution. 13. Role of age factors and the requisite Sadhana. 14. Influence of social and socio-economic factors with reference to Sadhana. 15. Conclusion. Appendixes: i. Questionnaire. ii. Views of great musicians of Carnatic Music. iii. Advice to pupils. Bibliography. Index. 

    "This book is an earnest endeavor to represent the mind of a musician seeking the ideal. In the process there has been a journey into the past and a peep into the future to arrive at a balance for an ideal present. The word Saadhana has been chosen very carefully and with a distinct sense of possessiveness, as every word in the book has been experienced and reflected upon by the author." (jacket)

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