Kosala
Indian Classical Raga
Kosalam is the 71st melakarta raga of Carnatic music, the fifth raga in the Aditya chakra. It is the prati madhyamam equivalent of Shoolini, the 35th melakarta. In the Muthuswami Dikshitar school of Carnatic music it is known as Kusumakaram.
Scale
ArohanamS R3 G3 M2 P D2 N3 S
AvarohanamS N3 D2 P M2 G3 R3 S
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Close relatives
Ragas whose scale differs from Kosala's by a note or two.
- Kusumakaram
the same notes, moving differently
- Amaravati
uses D3 instead of D2
- Candrakanta
uses R2 instead of R3
- Dhatuvardhani
uses D1 instead of D2
- Dhautapancamam
uses D1 instead of D2
- Gamanasrama
uses R1 instead of R3