Ahiri
Indian Classical Raga
Ahiri is a raga in Carnatic music with karuna (compassion, pathos) as its predominant rasa. Sources disagree on its melakarta parent, variously naming it a janya of the 14th melakarta Vakulabharanam and of the 8th melakarta Hanumatodi (Todi). A folk saying holds that singing Ahiri makes the listener forget their next meal, reflecting its association with pathos rather than festivity.
Scale
ArohanamS R1 S G3 M1 P D1 N2 S
AvarohanamS N2 D1 P M1 G3 R1 S
Alternate
(8 HANUMATODI JANYA) S M1 G2 M1 P D1 N2 S - S N2 D1 P M1 G2 R1 S(14 VAKULABHARANAM JANYA) S R1 S G3 M1 P D1 N2 S - S N2 D1 P M1 G3 R1 SS R1 S M1 G3 M1 P D1 N2 S - S N2 D1 P M1 G3 M1 R1 S(17 SURYAKANTAM JANYA) S G3 M1 P D2 N3 S - S N3 D2 P M1 G3 R1 S(20 NATABHAIRAVI JANYA) S R2 G2 R2 M1 P D1 N2 D1 S - S N2 D1 M1 G2 R2 SS R2 S G2 M1 P D1 N2 S - S N2 D1 P M1 G2 R2 S
Compositions in Ahiri raga
View all compositions →Janya ragas of Vakulabharanam
Other ragas derived from the same parent melakarta (mela 14)