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Mela 4Indu chakraM1

Vanaspati

The name is the number

Vanaspati

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

SSR1R1G1G1M1M1PPD2D2N2N2SS (upper octave)

SS (upper octave)N2N2D2D2PPM1M1G1G1R1R1SS

How to know it

With chatusruti dhaivata and kaisiki nishada, its upper half sounds almost Kharaharapriya-like, sitting atop a vivadi lower half.

Hear it in songs

  • Pariyachakama

    Thyagaraja · Rupakam

    Thyagaraja's lone kriti in Vanaspati, and the standard concert example of the mela.

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  • Dasa Nesha Guheshane

    Koteeswara Iyer · Adi

    From the Kanda Ganamutham 72-melakarta cycle.

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