Hindola
Indian Classical Raga
Hindolam is a pentatonic (audava) janya raga of the 20th melakarta Natabhairavi in Carnatic music, formed by omitting rishabham and panchamam. Its ascending and descending scales are symmetric, using only Sa, Gandharam, Madhyamam, Dhaivatam and Nishadam. It carries shringara and bhakti rasa and is traditionally sung in the morning during the vasanta ritu (spring) season. It is commonly played early in a concert, before the heavier ragas.
Scale
Śloka2
hindōḷastvauḍavō rāgaḥ pañcamarṣabhavarjitaḥ | ṣaḍjagrahēṇa samyuktō gātavyassarvadā budhaiḥ ∥How it moves
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Ragas whose scale differs from Hindola's by a note or two.
- Adbhodam
the same notes, moving differently
- Malkauns
the same notes, moving differently
- Malkos
the same notes, moving differently
- Anguru
uses N1 instead of N2
- Candrakovns
uses N3 instead of N2
- Divyamalati
adds P
Janya ragas of Natabhairavi
Other ragas derived from the same parent melakarta (mela 20)
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. 340 (Dikshitar school)
- 2.Subbarama Dikshitar, Sangita Sampradaya Pradarshini (1904). English web edition by P. P. Narayanaswami, Vidya Jayaraman et al., 2008., Vol. 1, p. 340