They are the seven original notes called Shadja, Rishabha, Gandhara, Mahdhyama, Panchama, Dhaivata and Nishada.
2
Then again the Charmakara, uniting himself with a woman of Nishada caste, begets the class called Karavara.
3
There was a robber of the name of Kayavya, born of a Kshatriya father and a Nishada mother.
4
Shadaja, Rishabha, together with Gandhara, Madhyama, and likewise Panchama; after this should be known Nishada, and then Dhaivata.
5
Unvanquished in battle, the valiant son of Kunti defeated the Nishada king who proved an obstacle to the sacrifice.
6
A Nishada woman, by union with a Chandala, brings forth a son who lives in the outskirts of villages and towns.
7
From the union of the Nishada with a woman of the Vaidehi caste springs one who is called by the name of Ahindaka.
8
The Dravida, the Andhaka, and the Nishada foot-soldiers, urged on by Satyaki, once more rushed towards Karna in that battle, from desire of slaying him.
9
Bringing him under his sway the diadem-decked Arjuna, that foremost of men, proceeded to the dominions of the Nishada king, viz., the son of Ekalavya.