Sanskrit word for one of the ten Gamakas (ornamentations) mentioned in the text, ‘Sangītha Makarandha’. It produces a specific stress and emotional quality in the note and consists of a long amplitude vibrato that bends the note in relatively quick succession but not at a speed that would make the sound feel like a vibrato. A gamaka or decoration of a note which takes the form of going up and down in sequence, as in Sa Ri Sa Ga, Sa Ri Sa Ma, Sa Ri Sa Pa …