carnatic ragas

By comparison, using the common tonic "C" for a western musician:

Carnatic HindustaniWestern

E.T.

Sa Sa "C"

Shuddha Ri "Ri 1" Komal Re "D♭"

Chatusruti Ri "Ri 2" Shuddha Re "D"

Shatsruti Ri "Ri 3" (Komal Ga) "D♯"

Shuddha Ga "Ga 1" (Shuddha Re) "D"

Sadharana Ga "Ga 2" Komal Ga "E♭"

Antara Ga "Ga 3" Shuddha Ga "E"

Shuddha Ma "Ma 1" Shuddha Ma "F"

Prati Ma "Ma 2" Teevra Ma "F♯"

Pa Pa "G"

Shuddha Dha"Dha 1"

Komal Dha "A♭"

Chatusruti Dha

"Dha 2"

Shuddha Dha "A"

Shatsruti Dha"Dha 3"

(Komal Ni) "A♯"

Shuddha Ni "Ni 1"(Shuddha Dha)

"A"

Kaisika Ni "Ni 2" Komal Ni "B♭"

Kakali Ni "Ni 3" Shuddha Ni "B"

Carnatic - Lyrics - Raga List

Original - Kumaran Santhanam

List of Carnatic Ragas ---------------------- Version 1.14 - 15 Oct 2000 by Kumaran Santhanam [email protected] This list is dedicated to Carnatic music lovers everywhere. Pleasefeel free to make as many copies as you like and distribute them toyour friends. If any of you have questions, comments, corrections,or just want to chat, by all means mail me at the above address. I'llbe more than happy to give you a prompt reply. I hope you find thislist helpful, and I'll look forward to hearing from you! Make sure that you are reading the latest version of this list sincethe later the version, the more correct and complete it will be. Thelatest version of the list can be found at: http://www.nerur.com/music/

List format -----------mElakarthas:-----------Number | Name | ArOHanam | avarOHanam

janyas:------rAgA | mEla | ArOHanam | avarOHanam

svara Format:------------S R1 G1 M1 P D1 N1 S <--- kanakAn'gi, for example

R , D | M | G | N------------------+--------------+-----------------+--------------1 = shudhdha | 1 = shudhdha | 1 = shudhdha | 1 = shudhdha2 = chathushruthi | 2 = prathi | 2 = sAdhAraNa | 2 = kaishika3 = sathshruthi | | 3 = anthara | 3 = kAkaLi ------------------+--------------+-----------------+--------------

Note: The ragas with (*) by their names have unverified parent ragas and/or arohanam/avarohanam. If anyone has any concrete and documented proof of the parent ragas or scales for these, please mail me so that I can update the list. Thanks.

References ----------

For ragas which have questionable arohanam/avarohanam patterns, I haveincluded a notation which indicates the source of that particularentry in the list.

(a) Raganidhi by B. Subba Rao(b) Ragas in Carnatic music by S. Bhagyalekshmy

Transliteration Scheme ----------------------

I have used the following transliteration scheme for the raga names:

Sanskrit / Dravidian Language Transliteration Alphabet------------------------------------------------------ a A i I u U Ru RU e E ai o O ow am :

k K g G n' ch Ch j J N' t T d D N th Th dh Dh n p ph b bh m y r l v sh Sh s H

ksh gny

L zh r' (additional Dravidian letters)

This is, for the most part, very similar to the standard scheme usedon various newsgroups. However, please note the significant deviationsfrom the norm in this table (th, Th, dh, Dh, H especially).

Thanks Due: -----------This is the section in which I express my thanks to the manyindividuals who generously contributed their knowledge to this list.

baHudhAri --- 28balaHamsa --- 28ban'gALa --- 29begada --- 29bEHAg --- 29bhairavam --- 17bhairavi --- 20bhUpALam --- 8bhUshavaLi --- 64bilaHari --- 29bindhumAlini --- 16bowLi --- 15brindhAvanasAran'ga --- 22

chandhrajyothi --- 41ChAyAnAta --- 34ChAyAtharan'giNi --- 28chinthAmaNi --- 56chiththaranjani --- 22

dhanyAsi --- 8dharbAru --- 22dhesAkshi --- 29dhEvagAndhAri --- 29dhEvakriya --- 22dhEvamanOHari --- 22dhEvAmRuthavarshiNi --- 22dhilipakam --- 22dhipaka --- 51dhvijAvanthi --- 28

gamakakriya --- 53gamanakriya --- 53gambhiranAta --- 36gAnavAridhi --- 34Gantha --- 20garudaDhvani --- 29gopikavasantham --- 20gopriya --- 62gowLa --- 15gowLipanthu --- 15gowri --- 15gujjari --- 15gumma kAmbhoji --- 15gundhakriya --- 15

HamirkalyANi --- 65HamsaDhvani --- 29HamsanAdham --- 60HamsAnandhi --- 53HaridhAsapriya * --- 28HindhoLam --- 20HindhoLavasantha --- 22HindhusthAni bEHAg --- 29HindhusthAni kApi --- 22HusEni --- 22

IshamanOHari --- 28

jaganmOhini --- 15janaranjani --- 29janjUti --- 28jayamanOHari --- 22jayanArAyaNi --- 22jayanthasEna --- 22jayanthashrI --- 20JinAvaLi --- 39jingla --- 20jujAHuli --- 28

kadhana kuthUHalam --- 29kaikavAsi --- 60kalagada --- 13kalAniDhi --- 22kalAvathi --- 16kalyANa vasantham --- 21kamalAmanOHari --- 27kamAs --- 28kAmbhOji --- 28kAnadA --- 22kannada --- 29kannadaban'gALa --- 15kannadagowLa --- 22kApijingla --- 22kApinArAyaNi --- 28karnAtaka bEHAg --- 28karnAtaka kApi --- 22kedhAragowLa --- 28kEdhAram --- 29kiraNAvaLi --- 21koiAHalam --- 29kOkilaDhvani --- 28kRushNaveNi --- 15kunthalavarALi --- 28kuraN~ji --- 29kuthUHalam --- 29

lalithA --- 15

madhuvanthi --- 59madhyamAvathi --- 22malaHari --- 15mAlavashrI --- 22mAlavi --- 28malayamArutham --- 16mallikA vasantham --- 15mAnd --- 29mandhAri --- 51mangaLakaishiki --- 15maNirangu --- 22manjari --- 22mAnji --- 20manOHari --- 22mArgaHindhoLam --- 20

mEchabowLi --- 15mEchakAn'gi --- 53mEGaranjani --- 15mOHana --- 28mOHanakalyANi --- 65muKAri --- 22

nabhOmaNi --- 40nAdhachinthAmaNi * --- 22nAdhanAmakriya --- 15nAdhatharan'gini --- 22nAgasvarAvaLi --- 28naLinakAnthi --- 27nArAyaNagowLa --- 28nArAyani --- 28nAta --- 36nAtakuraN~ji --- 28navarasa kalAnidhi * --- 28navarasa kannada --- 28navaroj --- 29nAyaki --- 22nIlAmbari --- 29

pAdi --- 15panchama rAga --- 22phalamanjari --- 22pharaz --- 15prathApa varALi --- 28pravAlajothi --- 28punnAgavarALi --- 8pUrNachandhrika --- 29pUrnalalitha --- 19pUrnashadjam --- 22pUrNashajja --- 20pUrvi --- 15pUrvikalyANi --- 53pushpalathika --- 22

rAgapanjaram --- 28rAma manOHari --- 52ranjani --- 59ravichandhrika --- 28rEvagupthi --- 15rIthigowLa --- 22rudhrapriya --- 22

saHAna --- 28saindhavi --- 22sAlakabhairavi --- 22sAma --- 28sAramathi --- 20sAran'ga --- 65sAran'ganAtha --- 15sarasvathi --- 64sarasvathi manOHari --- 28sAvEri --- 15shrIrAga --- 22

shrIranjani --- 22shruthiranjani --- 61sidhdhasEna --- 22sindhu bhairavi --- 10sindhu kannada --- 28sindhu mandhAri --- 29sindhu rAmakriya --- 15sowrAshtram --- 17sudhdha ban'gALa --- 22sudhdha dhanyAsi --- 20sudhdha dhanyAsi --- 22sudhdha dhesi --- 20sudhdha rAga --- 57sudhdha sAvEri --- 29sudhdha tharan'gini --- 28supOshini --- 28supradhIpam --- 17surati --- 28svarabhUshani --- 22svarAvaLi --- 28svaravEdhi * --- 28

thakka (a) --- 15thakka (b) --- 15thilan'g --- 28thivravAHini --- 46

umAbharaNam --- 28

valachi --- 16varALi --- 39vasanthA --- 17vasanthabhairavi --- 14vegavAHini --- 16vijayanAgari --- 58vijayashrI --- 41vijayavasantha --- 54vINA vAdhini --- 28vIravasantham --- 24vivardhini --- 28

yadhukulakAmbhOji --- 28yamunAkalyANi --- 65

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