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{{Short description|Use of music to find enlightenment}}
'''Marga Sangeet''' is the use of music to find path to ''[[moksha]]''.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/opinion/edit-page/Sangeet-Marga-Path-to-Moksha/articleshow/13300127.cms|title=Sangeet Marga: Path to Moksha - Times of India|website=[[The Times of India]]|date=18 June 2002 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibiblio.org/sripedia/cgi-bin/kbase/Nadhopasana |title=SriPedia: Nadhopasana |accessdate=2013-09-26 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002224903/http://www.ibiblio.org/sripedia/cgi-bin/kbase/Nadhopasana |archivedate=2013-10-02 }}</ref> Though some articles equate it to [[Indian Classical Music]], Pandit [[Mukul Shivputra]] mentions it as "the path to salvation" in this<ref>{{cite news| url = http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/the-raga-of-truth/article434414.ece| title = The raga of truth - The Hindu| website = [[The Hindu]]| date = 20 May 2010}}</ref> interview titled 'The Raga of Truth'.

==Etymology==
The Sanskrit root word of Marga is mrg,<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |url=http://piliosangeet.com/en/music/48-sangeet.html |title=SANGEET - PilioSangeet |access-date=2013-09-26 |archive-date=2013-09-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928150609/http://piliosangeet.com/en/music/48-sangeet.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> "which indicates contemplation and seeking."
The article also mentions "That which was discovered by Brahma and (first) practiced by Bharata and others in the audience of lord Shiva is known as marga, which definitely bestows prosperity; while the sangeeta comprising gitam, vadyam and nrttam, that entertains people according to their taste in the different regions, is known as desi"

==Connection between Marga Sangeet and Samagana==
[[Samagana]] mentions
* Gramgeyo-gān: Sung in villages or towns.
* Aranyageya-gān: Practiced in solitude of forest. Also called Rahasyageyo-gān.
* Ooh-gān: Pragath-s specially created for yajna on basis of Gramgeyo-gān.
* Oohya-gān ऊह्यगान: Pragath-s created for yajna on basis of Rahasyageyo-gān.
The connection between Marga Sangeet and Rahasyageyo-gān is one of Swara-sadhana

==Articles on Marga Sangeet==
* ITC Sangeet Research Academy on Marga Sangeet<ref>{{Cite web | title=The Chronology : 500BC - 100BC | url=http://www.itcsra.org/sra_hcm/sra_hcm_chrono/sra_hcm_chrono_500bc.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020616210913/http://www.itcsra.org:80/sra_hcm/sra_hcm_chrono/sra_hcm_chrono_500bc.html | access-date=2025-06-29 | archive-date=2002-06-16}}</ref>
* Marga Sangeet article title 'Sangeet Marga - Path to Moksha' in Times of India <ref name="auto1"/>
* 'Birth of Music in India' refers to Marga Sangeet<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.kish.in/birth-of-music-in-india|website= kish.in| title=Birth of Sangeet in India as according to the Hindu Mythology|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927165335/www.kish.in/birth-of-music-in-india |archive-date=27 September 2013|url-status=usurped}}</ref>
* Reference to Marga Sangeet in relation to Rishis<ref name="auto"/>
* Sam Notes <ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.omenad.net/page.php?goPage=%2Farticles%2Fsameshwari_t.htm | title=Omenad - Online Music Education }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Samagana]]
* [[Nada Yoga]]
* [[Laya Yoga]]
* [[Mantra]]
* [[Swara Yoga]]
* [[Swara]]
* [[Moksha]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Music of India]]
[[Category:Salvation]]

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