raagawheel

Mela 46Vasu chakraM2

Shadvidamargini

also known as Shadvidhamargini

The name is the number

Shadvidamargini

Shadssa6viva464 reversed46

The 'Sh' here is retroflex ṣa = 6 (as in shad-, 'six'). 'Shad-vi' — the d closes the first syllable, so the second syllable counts va = 4.

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

SSR1R1G2G2M2M2PPD2D2N2N2SS (upper octave)

SS (upper octave)N2N2D2D2PPM2M2G2G2R1R1SS

How to know it

An uncommon scale with a searching quality — the prati madhyama pulls upward while suddha rishabha keeps tugging the line back down.

Hear it in songs

  • Antaranga Bhakti

    Koteeswara Iyer · Adi

    From Kanda Ganamutham; 'inward devotion' — one of the better-known krithis from the cycle's rare-mela stretch.

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