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Karnata, a. and n.|kɑːˈnɑːtə|
Also Carnataca, Carnati(c), Karnatak(a), Karnatakam, Karnatic, Kurnata.
[f. Karnata (Karnataka), a region of south-west India; also var. of Carnatic (Karnatak), the name given, under British rule, to a region of southern India in the presidency of Madras.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to Karnata or the Carnatic.
B. n.
a. The music of southern India, purer in form and more ancient than the Hindustani music of the north.
†b. Obs. The native language of Karnata and the Carnatic; = Kanarese n. b.
1792W. Jones in Asiatick Researches III. 82 On the formulas exhibited by Mirzakhan I have less reliance; but, since he professes to give them from Sanscrit authorities, it seemed proper to transcribe them: (heading) Dipaca:..Netta:..Cédari:..Carnati. 1801H. T. Colebrooke Ibid. VII. 227 Carnát́a, or Cánara, is the ancient language of Carnát́aca. 1814W. Carey Gram. Telinga Lang. p. i, The languages of the south of India, i.e. The Telinga, Kurnata, Tamul, Malayala, and Cingalese. 1820J. McKerrell Gram. Carnataca Lang. p. i, The Carnátaca Language..is nearly the universal Language of all the dominions of the late Tippoo Sultan. 1855H. H. Wilson Gloss. Judicial & Revenue Terms p. ix, In Karnáta, kul is a payer of government revenue. 1856R. Caldwell Compar. Gram. Dravidian Lang. 6 The Kannadi or Karnâtaka..is spoken throughout the plateau of Mysore... ‘Karnâtaka’..is defined to mean primarily ‘a species of dramatic music’, or ‘comedy’: it is used secondarily in Telugu as an adjective to signify ‘native’, ‘aboriginal’..it then became the common designation of the Telugu and Canarese, or ‘native’ languages: and, finally, was restricted still further, and became the distinctive appellation of the Canarese alone. 1892A. M. Chinnaswami Mudaliyar Oriental Mus. in European Notation 9 The unfettered use of accidentals in European Music is regarded by the Karnāta musician as due to want of principle and system. Ibid. 12 The primary distinction is into two classes, Mārga (celestial) and Dēsi (terrestrial); the latter is now broadly divided into Hindustani and Karnāta. 1914A. H. F. Strangways Mus. Hindostan 15 The Carnatic system frankly ignores the niceties..of intonation. 1920E. Clements Rāgas of Tanjore 43/2 The Chaturdandi Prakāshikā..is said to be the principal treatise followed by modern Karnatic musicians. 1929E. Rosenthal Story Indian Mus. i. 10 There is a wide diversity between the classification of rágas in the northern or Hindustani system, and in the southern or Carnatic system. 1948G. Venkatachalam Dance in India x. 90 Carnatic music had its origin in the Telugu country. 1952P. Sambamoorthy Dict. S. Indian Mus. & Musicians p. vi, A few pictures are from the valuable collection of musical instruments in the Central College of Karnataka Music,..Madras. 1968Jrnl. Musical Acad. Madras XXXIX. 49 Is the wealth of Karnataka music preserved and handed down to posterity? 1971Shankar's Weekly (Delhi) 4 Apr. 25/1 There is much more honesty..in a Jon Higgins submitting himself to the discipline of Karnatak music wholeheartedly. 1972P. Holroyde Indian Mus. iii. 84 The Karnatakam remained uninfluenced... South Indian music, properly known as Carnatic, and South Indian dance, survived therefore in more-or-less pure form. |