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Mela 54Brahma chakraM2

Vishwambari

also known as Vamsavati

The name is the number

Vishwambari

Viva4shwasha545 reversed54

In the conjunct 'shwa' (śva), tradition counts śa = 5 here — not the last consonant va — so the name decodes to 54.

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

SSR1R1G3G3M2M2PPD3D3N3N3SS (upper octave)

SS (upper octave)N3N3D3D3PPM2M2G3G3R1R1SS

How to know it

A brilliant, edgy vivadi scale whose shatsruti dhaivata crowds the kakali nishada for a glinting, restless upper register.

Hear it in songs

  • Vamshavati Shivayuvati Palaya Mam

    Muthuswami Dikshitar · Adi

    Composed in Vamsavati, the Dikshitar-school asampurna name for mela 54, with the raga name woven into the opening words.

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  • Bhaktavatsalam Abhishekavalliyutam

    Muthuswami Dikshitar · Adi

    Also in Vamsavati.

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