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Balahamsa

Indian Classical Raga

Balahamsa is a janya raga of Harikambhoji, the 28th melakarta. Its arohanam is an audava-vakra scale, omitting gandhara and nishada. Rishabha functions as the jiva svara of this upanga raga.

Scale

ArohanamS R2 M1 P D2 S
AvarohanamS N2 D2 P M1 R2 M1 G3 S
Alternate
S R2 G3 M1 P D2 S - S N2 D2 P M1 G3 R2 S1Dikshitar school
↑SR1R2G2G3M1M2PD1D2N2N3S'↓SR1R2G2G3M1M2PD1D2N2N3S'

Śloka2

balahamsākhyarāgōyaṃ ārōhē ca nivarjitaḥ | sagrahassarvakālēṣu gīyatē gāyakōttamaiḥ ∥
Vēṅkaṭamakhi’s śloka
Tradition
Carnatic
Mela
28
Parent Raga
Harikambhoji
Type
Sampurna1

How it moves

Jiva swarasR21
Nyasa swarasR21
Graha swaraS1

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Compositions in Balahamsa raga

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daNDamu beTTEdanurA
Telugu
Adi

Composer: Tyaagaraaja

dEvI dAkSAyaNi
Kannada
rUpaka

Composer: H.N. Muttayyah Bhaagavatar

dEvI dAkSAyaNi
Kannada
rUpaka

Composer: H.N. Muttayyah Bhaagavatar

digambaram shivam
Sanskrit
Adi

Composer: H.N. Muttayyah Bhaagavatar

ennaDu daya
Telugu
rUpaka

Composer: PaTNam Subramanya Aiyyar

evarunnAru nannu
Telugu
Adi

Composer: Mysore Sadaashiva Rao

Close relatives

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

Janya ragas of Harikambhoji

Other ragas derived from the same parent melakarta (mela 28)

Andolika

S R₂ M₁ P N₂ S

S N₂ D₂ M₁ R₂ S

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. 2, p. 648 (Dikshitar school)
  2. 2.Subbarama Dikshitar, Sangita Sampradaya Pradarshini (1904). English web edition by P. P. Narayanaswami, Vidya Jayaraman et al., 2008., Vol. 2, p. 648