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Devamanohari

Indian Classical Raga

Devamanohari is a janya raga of the 22nd melakarta Kharaharapriya. It is a shadava-vakra-shadava raga, using chatushruti rishabha, shuddha madhyama, chatushruti dhaivata and kaishiki nishada.

Scale

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

Śloka2

gavarjitaṣṣāḍavōyaṃ rāgō dēvamanōharī | ārōhē cāvarōhē ca dhavakrassagrahānvitaḥ ∥
Vēṅkaṭamakhi’s śloka
Tradition
Carnatic
Mela
22
Parent Raga
Kharaharapriya
Type
Bhashanga, Shadava1

How it moves

Jiva swarasN21
Nyasa swarasN21
Graha swaraS1

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Close relatives

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

Janya ragas of Kharaharapriya

Other ragas derived from the same parent melakarta (mela 22)

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. 557 (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. 557