Sarngadeva’s Sangitaratnakara is a watershed that has irrigated Carnatic Music for centuries. This penetrating, analytical study of the greatest work on Indian Music by the greatest writer of all times was first brought out in 1978 by a pioneer evangelist dedicated to resuscitation of values in art. Sri R. Rangaramanuja Ayyangar, as a humble tribute of worshipful homage to the Music and for the benefit of lovers of art and culture all over the world.

This revised second edition now incorporates diacritical markings in the text and includes several new facets based on contemporary studies.