Asaveri
Indian Classical Raga
Asaveri is a janya raga of the 8th melakarta Hanumatodi. It is an asymmetric bhashanga raga, using notes foreign to the parent scale in its vakra (zigzag) avarohanam. It is documented in the ancient text Sangita Ratnakara and resembles Komal Asavari and Asa Todi of Hindustani music.
Scale
Śloka2
asāvēryākhya rāgaśca ārōhē ga ni varjitaḥ |
saṃpūrṇassagrahōpētassarvakālēṣu gīyatē ∥How it moves
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View all compositions →Composer: Kovai Subri
Composer: Suddhaananda Bhaarati
Composer: Suddhaananda Bhaarati
Composer: Swaati TirunaaL
Composer: Muttuswaamee Dikshitar
Composer: Muttuswaamee Dikshitar
Close relatives
Ragas whose scale differs from Asaveri's by a note or two.
- Kanakasaveri
the same notes, moving differently
- Ankusapani
uses D2 instead of D1
- Asaveritodi
adds N2 going up
- Rajarajesvari
uses R2 instead of R1
- Adubali
leaves out P going up; uses D2 instead of D1
- Ahori
uses R2 instead of R1; adds G2 going up
Janya ragas of Hanumathodi
Other ragas derived from the same parent melakarta (mela 8)
Character
- Time
- Any time1in the Dikshitar school
References
- 1.Subbarama Dikshitar, Sangita Sampradaya Pradarshini (1904). English web edition by P. P. Narayanaswami, Vidya Jayaraman et al., 2008., Vol. 1, p. 84 (Dikshitar school)
- 2.Subbarama Dikshitar, Sangita Sampradaya Pradarshini (1904). English web edition by P. P. Narayanaswami, Vidya Jayaraman et al., 2008., Vol. 1, p. 84