"the Ondes Martenot, that futuristic instrument worthy of Marsupilami, invented in France ... and precursor of the synthesizer. The Ondes Martenont had been frequently used by Olivier Messiaen, notably in his Turangalia-Symphonie. Its sound had also been popularized by the science fiction films of the 1950s."

"Maurice Martenot invented the instrument and presented it in Paris on May 3 1928. ... The first time that I heard Messiaen's music, ... I had a very intense experience when listening to his Turangalia-Symphonie: I saw colors and vibrant images."

"I think that this instrument was like a revolution. ... Charpentier composed for the Ondes. Jolivet also, in 1931 he composed a magnificent piece, "De --- incantatoire." Varese wrote "Equatoriales": he composed it for Theremin[?] and he retranscribed it for the Ondes Martinot."

"The Tala "Dhammar" is based on movement of elephant and Tala "Teentaal" is based on movement of horse. "Teental" is 16 beats (4+4+4+4)."

"Messiaen's _Technique Of My Musical Language_ ... cites his ancient sources."

"The 120 deci-talas listed in the thirteenth century treatise Sangitaratnakara by S`arngadeva provided an important starting point. Still a student at the conservatory, he incidentally found this list in the Encyclopédie de la Musique by Albert Lavignac (1913)."

"Lila (or Lilla) means purple in Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Hungarian, German, and some Slavic languages, as well as a purple hue in Spanish, suggesting her name may be inspired by her hair color, or vice-versa, in Dutch Lila would also be named for Lilac." (SM--E"TL")

{/'Purple'/ may perhaps also be an allusion to the purple-fruited variety of jambu (jackfruit).}

Turanga Leela is associated with a "Leg Mutant". (IS"LM")

{cf. [named for the jambu fruit] "Jambuka hanging from the branch of a tree {praesumably the jambu-tree} on his legs" (PM, s.v. "Jambuka")}