Mela 62Rudra chakraM2
Rishabhapriya
The name is the number
Rishabhapriya
Rira2shassa626 reversed62
The 'sha' here is retroflex ṣa = 6 (ṛṣabha), not śa = 5.
Every mela name encodes its own number — how the katapayadi sutra works.
SSR2R2G3G3M2M2PPD1D1N2N2SS (upper octave)
SS (upper octave)N2N2D1D1PPM2M2G3G3R2R2SS
How to know it
An open, whole-tone-tinged scale whose flattened dhaivatam gives the descent a wistful slide.
Hear it in songs
Ghana Naya Desika
Koteeswara Iyer · Adi
From Kanda Ganamutham, the Tamil 72-melakarta cycle dedicated to Muruga.
Maara Ratipriyam
Muthuswami Dikshitar
Composed under the asampurna mela name Ratipriya, the Dikshitar-school equivalent of Rishabhapriya — the raga mudra sits inside the opening words.