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Mela 2Indu chakraM1

Ratnangi

The name is the number

Ratnangi

Rara2tnana020 reversed2

In the conjunct 'tna', the last consonant (na) carries the value.

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

SSR1R1G1G1M1M1PPD1D1N2N2SS (upper octave)

SS (upper octave)N2N2D1D1PPM1M1G1G1R1R1SS

How to know it

A rare vivadi scale; the kaisiki nishada gives it a slightly warmer descent than Kanakangi.

Janyas of Ratnangi

Hear it in songs

  • Tarunam Ide Dayanidhe

    Koteeswara Iyer · Adi

    From the Kanda Ganamutham cycle covering all 72 melakartas.

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