Dattilam

Dattilam ( दत्तिलम् ), ya kasan ce wani tsohon rubutun kiɗan Indiya ne wanda aka danganta wa mai hikima (muni) Dattila. An yi imanin cewa an haɗa shi jim kaɗan bayan Natya Shastra na Bharata, kuma an yi kwanan wata tsakanin ƙarni na 1stMusical Nirvana - Introduction to Indian Classical Music da na 4thThe Chronology : 300AD-600AD 
 Amma Bharathamuni ya yi tsokaci kan rubutun "Dattilam" a cikin aikinsa na bikin "Natyashastra" (1-26) don haka akwai imani cewa Dattilam na iya zama aikin da aka shirya kafin Bharata Muni.Musical Nirvana - Introduction to Indian Classical MusicThe Chronology : 300AD-600AD

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An rubuta shi a cikin ayoyi 244, Dattilam ya yi iƙirarin zama haɗin ayyukan farko da aka yi akan kiɗa. Rubutun yana nuna canji daga sama-gayan (waƙoƙin al'ada kamar yadda yake a Samaveda), zuwa abin da aka sani da kiɗan gandharva, bayan gandharvas, ƙwararrun ruhohi waɗanda aka fara ambata a cikin Mahabharata. Dattilam ya tattauna ma'auni ( swara ), bayanin tushe (sthana), kuma ya ayyana tsarin sautin da ake kira grama dangane da tsaka-tsakin micro-tonal 22 (sruti) wanda ya ƙunshi octave ɗaya. Hakanan yana tattauna shirye-shirye daban-daban na bayanan (murchhana ), tsinkaye da haɗe-haɗe na jerin bayanai (tanas), da alankara ko bayani.

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