Sangita Damodara is a Sanskrit work on music and dramaturgy written by Subhankara. The time of Sangita Damodra is not conclusively decided but most scholars opine that it belongs to the 15th Century CE. There are three manuscripts available in Bengali script. The work was published in 1960 CE under its Research Series by Sanskrit College, Kolkata. Shubhankara was the son of Sridhara and Subhadra, according to the concluding colophons of each chapter. Subhankara was a staunch devotee of Bhagavan Vishnu. In the opening verse, the author declares his intention to treat music and dramaturgy with reference to Krishna, the pioneer of music and dance. Shubhankara describes the talas related to the kirtana (devotional songs) of Bengal. According to him, ragas originated from the sixteen thousand gopis (milkmaid consorts), when each of them sang to please Sri Krishna. Sangita Damodra has five chapters, named stavaka. The work is more of a compilation of ancient works, as admitted by th