raagawheel

Mela 59Disi chakraM2

Dharmavati

also known as Dhamavati

The name is the number

Dharmavati

Dhadha9rmama595 reversed59

Dental dha = 9; in the conjunct 'rma' the last consonant (ma) counts.

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

SSR2R2G2G2M2M2PPD2D2N3N3SS (upper octave)

SS (upper octave)N3N3D2D2PPM2M2G2G2R2R2SS

How to know it

Sweetly melancholic and romantic — a minor third against a raised fourth and bright leading tone, the colour Hindustani listeners know as Madhuvanti.

Janyas of Dharmavati

Hear it in songs

  • Parandhamavati Jayati

    Muthuswami Dikshitar · Rupaka

    Composed in Dhamavati, the Dikshitar-school asampurna name for mela 59.

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