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Chitrambari

The name is the number

Chitrambari

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In the conjunct 'tra', tradition counts dental ta = 6 (citra), not ra — ra would decode to 26.

Every mela name encodes its own number — how the katapayadi sutra works.

SSR2R2G3G3M2M2PPD3D3N3N3SS (upper octave)

SS (upper octave)N3N3D3D3PPM2M2G3G3R2R2SS

How to know it

A Kalyani-like brightness pushed off balance by the vivadi shatsruti dhaivatam.

Janyas of Chitrambari

Hear it in songs

  • Sama Gana Lola

    Koteeswara Iyer · Chapu

    The Chitrambari entry in the Kanda Ganamutham 72-melakarta cycle.

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  • Ekamranatheshwarena

    Muthuswami Dikshitar

    Composed under the asampurna mela name Chaturangini, the Dikshitar-school equivalent of Chitrambari.

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