The present work is not intended to be an exhaustive study of Sangitaratnakara. It was envisaged as an inquiry into one part of that treatise, namely, the delineation of Gita in it. However, in my attempt to define the field of study, I have had to get a picture of the entire work. Sangitaratnakara, my study revealed, has been conceived as a treatise on Sangita. The term 'Sangita' as defined by its author, Sarngadeva, comprehends Gita, ...