Cayavati
Indian Classical Raga
Chayavati, more commonly known as Suryakantam, is a raga in Carnatic music. It is the seventeenth melakarta raga in the 72 melakarta system, in the Agni chakra. It is a sampurna raga, with all seven notes in both the ascending and descending scale.
Scale
ArohanamS R1 G3 M1 P D2 N3 S
AvarohanamS N3 D2 P M1 G3 R1 S
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Close relatives
Ragas whose scale differs from Cayavati's by a note or two.
- Avari
the same notes, moving differently
- Nasikabhusani
the same notes, moving differently
- Abhaya
uses N2 instead of N3
- Ahirbhairav
uses N2 instead of N3
- Ahiri Bhairavi (Ahir Bhairav)
uses N2 instead of N3
- Ahiri Nattai
leaves out R1
Janya ragas of Suryakantam
Other ragas derived from the same parent melakarta (mela 17)