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Janya of mela 20Natabhairavi

Anandabhairavi

also known as Ananda Bhairavi

SSG2G2R2R2G2G2M1M1PPD2D2PPSS (upper octave)

SS (upper octave)N2N2D2D2PPM1M1G2G2R2R2SS

How to know it

Shadava–Sampurna (vakra aroha) · Bhashanga

Jeeva swaras — the life notes:G2G2D2D2

Warm, folk-tinged and consoling — a favourite for lullabies, marriage songs and Syama Sastri's most tender kritis; its rasa is karuna, shanta.

The gandharam takes a gentle, wide oscillation; the raga is sung at an unhurried, rocking gait suited to its lullaby-like character.

Anya (foreign) swaras:D2D2G3G3Chatusruti dhaivatam (D2) is scalar despite the parent's D1; antara gandharam (G3) appears only in occasional prayogas, never in the scale.

Family

Parent · Mela 20Natabhairavi

Hear it in songs

  • O Jagadamba

    Syama Sastri · Adi

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  • Marivere Gati

    Syama Sastri · Misra Chapu

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  • Tyagaraja Yoga Vaibhavam

    Muthuswami Dikshitar · Rupakam

    On Siva as Tyagaraja of Tiruvarur; famed for its gopuccha/srotovaha yati sahitya that grows and shrinks syllable by syllable.

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