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Anandabhairavi

Indian Classical Raga

Anandabhairavi is a sampurna raga with a vakra (zigzag) arohanam, classed as shadava-sampurna since its ascent takes an indirect six-step path against a complete seven-note descent. It also uses shuddha dhaivatam (D1) as an anya swaram, a note external to its usual parent scale, in some phrases. Sources differ on its melakarta parentage. The name Ananda means happiness in Sanskrit, and the raga is associated with a joyful mood.

Scale

ArohanamS G2 R2 G2 M1 P D2 P S
AvarohanamS N2 D2 P M1 G2 R2 S
Alternate
S G2 G2 M1 P D1 P S N2 S - S N2 D1 P M1 M1 M1 G2 G2 R2 S1Dikshitar school
Borrowed noteD21
↑SR1R2G2G3M1M2PD1D2N2N3S'↓SR1R2G2G3M1M2PD1D2N2N3S'
Dashed: borrowed from outside the parent scale (D2).

Śloka2

ārōhē ṛṣabhaṃ tyaktvā dhavakraṃ ca samācarēt | saṃpūrṇā sagrahōpētā bhavēdānandabhairavī ∥
Vēṅkaṭamakhi’s śloka
Tradition
Carnatic
Type
Sampurna1

How it moves

Characteristic phrases1

  • G2 M1 · Ranjaka phrase
  • N2 G2 R2 G2 · Ranjaka phrase
  • G2 M1 D1 P M1 · Ranjaka phrase
  • P S' P · Ranjaka phrase
  • P N2 N2 S'
  • S' N2 D2 P · Borrowed-note phrase
  • S' N2 D2 N2 P · Borrowed-note phrase
  • S' D2 N2 D2 P · Borrowed-note phrase
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  • S D2 N2 P · Borrowed-note phrase
  • P D2 N2 D2 P · Borrowed-note phrase
  • P D2 N2 P · Borrowed-note phrase
  • P N2 D2 P · Borrowed-note phrase
  • S' N2 D2 N2 S' · Borrowed-note phrase
  • S D1 P M1
  • P D1 P M1
  • M1 D1 P M1
  • S G2 G2 M1
  • M1 M1 M1 G2 G2 R2 S
Jiva swarasM1 G23
Nyasa swarasM1 G2 N2 S1
Graha swaraS1

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Compositions in Anandabhairavi raga

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A pannula pAli
Telugu
rUpaka

Composer: Annamaacaarya

abhayAmbA nAyaka harisAyaka
Sanskrit
Adi

Composer: Muttuswaamee Dikshitar

Adi viSNu vitaDE
Telugu

Composer: Annamaacaarya

Adinamu~nci pogaDi pogaDi
Telugu
tripuTa

Composer: Shyaamaa Shaastree

akka ettaNa
Kannada
aTa

Composer: Purandara Daasar

alavAni nammarAdE (j)
Telugu
Adi

Composer: Dharmapuri Subbaraaya Aiyyar

Close relatives

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

Character

Time
Any time1in the Dikshitar school

References

  1. 1.Subbarama Dikshitar, Sangita Sampradaya Pradarshini (1904). English web edition by P. P. Narayanaswami, Vidya Jayaraman et al., 2008., Vol. 1, p. 350 (Dikshitar school)
  2. 2.Subbarama Dikshitar, Sangita Sampradaya Pradarshini (1904). English web edition by P. P. Narayanaswami, Vidya Jayaraman et al., 2008., Vol. 1, p. 350
  3. 3.Subbarama Dikshitar, Sangita Sampradaya Pradarshini (1904). English web edition by P. P. Narayanaswami, Vidya Jayaraman et al., 2008., Vol. 1, p. 350 (Dikshitar school) All four are jiva; these two most of all.