Mela 29Bana chakraM1
Sankarabharanam
formally Dheerasankarabharanam — the name that encodes 29
The name is the number
Dheerasankarabharanam
The 'Dheera' prefix exists to encode the number — dental dha = 9, not retroflex ddha = 4.
Every mela name encodes its own number — how the katapayadi sutra works.
SSR2R2G3G3M1M1PPD2D2N3N3SS (upper octave)
SS (upper octave)N3N3D2D2PPM1M1G3G3R2R2SS
How to know it
Majestic, complete and serene — the Carnatic voice of the Western major scale, equally at home in grandeur and repose; its rasa is Shanta, Veera.
Janyas of Sankarabharanam
- ArabhiAudava–Sampurna
- BehagShadava–8-note (vakra) · Bhashanga
- BilahariAudava–Sampurna · Bhashanga
- DevagandhariAudava–8-note (vakra avaroha) · Bhashanga
- HamsadhwaniAudava–Audava
- KedaramAudava–Shadava (vakra aroha)
- KurinjiSampurna–Sampurna (vakra)
- MandAudava–Sampurna
- NavrojSampurna–Sampurna
- Suddha SaveriAudava–Audava
Hear it in songs
Swara Raga Sudha Rasa
Tyagaraja · Adi
One of Tyagaraja's great statements on the divinity of music itself.
Enduku Peddala
Tyagaraja · Adi
Akshaya Linga Vibho
Muthuswami Dikshitar · Misra Chapu
Sarojadala Netri
Syama Sastri · Adi
All three of the Trinity composed masterpieces in this mela.