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R. Nagaraja Rao said in a letter to the Editor: According to a report in The Hindu, Mr. C. Rajagopalachari did not quite understand when the term "Carnatic music" came into being and whether it could be taken to be scientific. Terms like "Carnatic Stipends", "Carnatic Infantry", and "Nawab of the Carnatic" being understandable, there should be no difficulty in understanding the significance of "Carnatic" regarding our music." The term "Carnatic music" has reference to Sanskrit and Kannada languages. The term "Carnataka" finds usage in the Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana. "Karna" in Sanskrit means ear, "ata" and "ataka" come from a root meaning to wander, to move, to haunt. Thus "Karnataka" means haunting the ear. The name was most fittingly applied because the type of music has haunting melody. "Karnataka' came to refer to music of the pre-Purandara Dasa, Purandara Dasa, and post-Purandara Dasa times, which found expression in the Kannada language. Some regard Telugu, the Italian of India, as best suited to music. The Dasa school of music took Kannada as best suited. With the march of time, master musical composers chose Telugu, and some chose Sanskrit as well. Later, Tamil came to be employed. Though the languages have been different, the basic, foundational structure of Carnatic music was is what Purandara Dasa made it. During the Dasa school's paramountcy, Carnatic music was distinguished from Maharashtra music and Hindustani music. However, in Purandara Dasa, the three stand harmonized, and mellifluously mingle, as a Triveni.
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