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
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Ragas whose scale differs from Ahiri's by a note or two.
- Vakulabharana
the same notes, moving differently
- Vijayollasini
the same notes, moving differently
- Abhaya
uses D2 instead of D1
- Ahirbhairav
uses D2 instead of D1
- Ahiri Bhairavi (Ahir Bhairav)
uses D2 instead of D1
- Alakadhipati
leaves out N2 coming down
Janya ragas of Vakulabharanam
Other ragas derived from the same parent melakarta (mela 14)