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Amrtavahini

Indian Classical Raga

Amritavahini is a janya raga of Natabhairavi (melakarta 20) in Carnatic music. Its ascending scale omits the gandharam and its descending scale omits the panchamam relative to the parent scale. The first reference to the raga is found in the Sangraha Choodamani. Tyagaraja composed Sri Rama Padama in this raga.

Scale

ArohanamS R2 M1 P D1 N2 S
AvarohanamS N2 D1 M1 G2 R2 S
↑SR1R2G2G3M1M2PD1D2N2N3S'↓SR1R2G2G3M1M2PD1D2N2N3S'
Tradition
Carnatic
Mela
20
Parent Raga
Natabhairavi

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Compositions in Amrtavahini raga

Close relatives

Ragas whose scale differs from Amrtavahini's by a note or two.

Janya ragas of Natabhairavi

Other ragas derived from the same parent melakarta (mela 20)