The Sangitopanisat-saroddhara is an important medieval text written in 1350. It is attributed to a Jaina scholar-Vacanacarya Sri Sudakalasa and represents a distinctive Western Indian and Jaina stream of Musicology. Composed about one hundred years subsequent to the great compendium-the Sangita-ratnakara there is significant difference in its approach and treatment of the subject. The Sangitapanisat-saroddhara stands in an intermediary position ...