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Jujavanti

Indian Classical Raga

Jujavanti (Dwijavanti) is a janya raga of Harikambhoji (28); it is the Carnatic adaptation of the Hindustani raga Jaijaivanti.

Scale

ArohanamS R2 G3 M1 P D2 S N2 D2 N2 S
AvarohanamS N2 D2 P M1 G3 R2 S R2 M1 G3 R2 S
Alternate
R2 G3 M1 P D2 S N2 D2 N2 S - N2 D2 P M1 M1 G3 R2 S R2 M1 G3 R2 S1Dikshitar school
Borrowed noteG21
↑SR1R2G2G3M1M2PD1D2N2N3S'↓SR1R2G2G3M1M2PD1D2N2N3S'
Dashed: borrowed from outside the parent scale (G2).

Śloka2

jujāvantyākhya rāgaśca sampūrṇassagrahānvitaḥ | lakṣyamārgānusarēṇa gīyatē gānavēdibiḥ ∥
Vēṅkaṭamakhi’s śloka
Tradition
Carnatic
Mela
28
Parent Raga
Harikambhoji
Type
Bhashanga, Sampurna1

How it moves

Characteristic phrases1

  • R2 R2 R2 · Ranjaka phrase
  • R2 M1 G2 R2 G2 R2 S · Ranjaka phrase
  • M1 M1 M1 · Ranjaka phrase
  • M1 G3 M1 P D2 · Ranjaka phrase
  • M1 P D2 S' D2 P M1 G3 · Ranjaka phrase
  • R2 M1 G2 R2 · Ranjaka phrase
  • S R2 N2 N2 D2 N2 S · Ranjaka phrase
  • R2 M1 G2 R2 G2 R2 · Borrowed-note phrase
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  • R2 G2 M1 G2 R2 · Borrowed-note phrase
Jiva swarasR2 M11
Graha swaraS1

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Compositions in Jujavanti raga

akhilANDEshvari rakSamAm
Sanskrit
Adi

Composer: Muttuswaamee Dikshitar

cEtah shrI bAlakR^iSNam
Sanskrit
rUpaka

Composer: Muttuswaamee Dikshitar

Close relatives

Ragas whose scale differs from Jujavanti'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. 788 (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. 788